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Over 250 participants from civil society, governments and parliamentarians in 19 countries gathered in Mexico City, Mexico to attend the RI Regional Conference entitled “Implementation of the UN Disability Rights Convention in Latin America: Strategies, Partnerships and Action”, held on April 15-16, 2008. Among the distinguished speakers at the opening of the conference were (l-r): Gerardo Noguiera, RI Vice President for Latin America; Michael Fox, RI President; Cecilia Landerreche Gómez Morín, Director, National System for the Integral Development of the Family (DIF); José Ángel Córdoba Villalobos, Minister of Health and President of the National Council for People with Disabilities (CONADIS); Lenin Moreno, Vice President of the Republic of Ecuador and Chair of the National Council on Disability (CONADIS); and Adriana Bagnarello, Advisor, Embassy of Costa Rica in Mexico.
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April 15 -16, 2008, Mexico City, Mexico : RI Latin American Regional Conference on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Call for Action (adopted on 16 April 2008 by 250 conference participants)
Tentative Program: Word Version | PDF Version | Spanish Word Version| Spanish PDF Version | Practical InformationContact: Andrés Balcázar: abalcazar@abc-discapacidad.com, Shantha Rau Barriga: shantha@riglobal.org, or Lauren Goldy: lauren@riglobal.org.
August 23 - 28, 2008, Quebec, Canada: RI World Congress and Governing Assembly. Find all necessary information and documents at www.riquebec2008.org.
Latest News
April 24, 2008: Slovenia ratifies the Convention: List of signatories and ratifications (Word)| List of signatories and ratifications (Large Print) | List of signatories and ratifications (PDF)
April 15-16, 2008: RI Latin American Regional Conference on Disability Rights Convention, in Mexico City in April 2008
Call to Action (English) |
Llamado a Acción (Spanish) |
Final Program (Word - English) |
Programa Final (Word - Spanish)
April 3, 2008: Ecuador ratifies the Convention, triggering its entry in force: Press Release | Press Release (Spanish Word) | Press Release (Spanish PDF) | | Overview of the Convention (Spanish PDF) | Overview of the Convention (Spanish Word)
March 31, 2008: Jordan becomes the 18th state and first Arab state to ratify the Convention:Press release | Overview of the Convention (Arabic)
January 28 &29 2008: Conference on Disability and Disasters: Presentation Paper by Michael Fox & Key note address by Tomas Lagerwall.
December 2007: Special edition of International Rehabilitation Review on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PDF) | Word version
December 13, 2007: RI launches Training Manual and Participant Manual on HIV/AIDS Awareness and Disability Rights, specially-designed for young people with disabilities in Africa. Participants manual | Training manual
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