RI is a global and diverse organization bringing together expertise from different sectors in the disability field, advancing and implementing the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities.
May 12, 2008 International Disability Alliance (IDA) meeting with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Pictured (from left to right) are: Jahda Abou Khalil (assistant to Nawaf Kabbara), Nawaf Kabbara (Arab Organization of Disabled People - AODP), Michael Fox (Rehabilitation International - RI), William Rowland (World Blind Union - WBU), UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Tina Minkowitz (World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry), Yannis Vardakastanis (European Disability Forum - EDF), Martha Lucia Osorno Posada (World Federation of the Deaf), Robert Martin (Inclusion International) and Tomas Lagerwall (IDA Secretariat).
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RI Regional Conference "Strategies for Implementation: Good Practices for Accessibility and Inclusion", Dubai, United Arab Emirates, November 11-12 2009. For more information please contact: The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs P.O. Box 809 4409-5023 Dubai, United Arab Emirates Tel.: 04-0611111 / Fax: 04 2612116 / E-mail: disble_id@msa.gov.ae
Latest News
October 1 , 2008: Costa Rica, Austria, Uganda and New Zealand bring the number of ratifying States to 41: Signatories and Ratifications (Word)| Signatories and Ratifications (Large Print)
August 25-28, 2008: RI 21st World Congress, Quebec city, Canada: Presentation by Gerard Quinn
August 25, 2008: RI Assembly Welcomes Historic Change in RI Leadership and Takes Important Steps Towards Implementing Strategic Plan Press Release (Word)
July 14, 2008: Distinguished Disability Advocate Venus Ilagan Appointed as new RI Secretary General Press Release (pdf) | Press Release (Word)
April 15-16 2008: RI Latin American Regional Conference on Disability Rights Convention, in Mexico City in April 2008 Mexico Declaration (Word) | Mexico Declaration (pdf) | Mexico Declaration (Spanish Word) | Mexico Declaration (Spanish pdf) | Final Program (Word) | Final Program (Spanish Word)
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
