Press Releases

When breaking issues in the field of disability, such as natural disasters, ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, important UN or International meetings or other significant matters occur, RI will send out a press release covering the latest information and indicating an action to be taken.

Second Session of the Open-ended Working Group on Strengthening the Protection of Human Rights of Older Persons: RI Co-organized Side Event on Key Issues in the Rights of Older Persons: Disability Rights, Access to Palliative Care, and Lessons from the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – August 1, 2011

DESA Briefing Seminar Series: Disability and Economics: The Nexus Between Disability, Education and Employment – July 1, 2011

High Commissioner for Human Rights Annual Report 2010 – July 1, 2011

Sports, Disability and Development: Key to Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities and Their Communities – June 30, 2011

The World Report on Disability – June, 2011

Mexico Pledges to Withdraw its Interpretive Declaration on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – May 27, 2011

Disaster Preparedness and Recovery- Mainstreaming Disability – May 25, 2011

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Reaches 100 Ratifications – May 13, 2011

RI Encourages Steps for Comprehensive Implementation of the CRPD in Nigeria - March 26, 2011

Commission on the Statutes of Women and International Women’s Day: Concern Regarding the Lack of Inclusion of Women and Girls with Disabilities - March 16, 2011