From The Field
RI Centennial Celebrations to take place on May 2023 in Beijing, China
Due to the global Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and public health concerns, and with the consent of the Rehabilitation International Executive Committee members, the Rehabilitation International Centennial Celebrations, planned to take place on December 1st to...
RI Global- Guide on Accessibility in Enterprises” – funded by the RI Global Disability Development Fund (GDDF) and implemented by DGUV and DVfR- RI National Member Organization- Germany
Rehabilitation International offers consultations for their members or other state-run institutions or top managers in enterprises who are willing to learn more on how to transform some of the golden rules mentioned in these guidelines into practices for their...
Empowering Women and Girls, including SRHR
RI in cooperation with the UNFPA organized the Plenary Session: Guidelines for Providing Rights-Based and Gender Responsive Services to Address Gender-Based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights for women and young persons with disabilities took place...
Laureates of the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019
The Award Committee of Rehabilitation International has decided to award the 2019 RI Award for Outstanding Achievements in Innovation to Ms. María Fernanda Espinosa “for her Innovative work in advancing the rights of persons with disabilities globally” The Award...
Laureates of the Rehabilitation International Award for Outstanding Achievements Announced
On September 27, 2019, the Award Committee of Rehabilitation International(RI)Award for Outstanding Achievements convened in Beijing and announced the Award winners. The three laureates are from Ecuador, Ethiopia and Sri Lanka respectively. Zhang Haidi, President of...
The RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019 is now open for applications
The RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019 RI is delighted to announce the application for the RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019 is now open. The celebration is an international award to recognize individuals and organizations who or which have made...
Announcing the RI Award for Outstanding Achievements 2019
Founded in 1922, Rehabilitation International (RI) is an international NGO that is dedicated to advancing the rights and inclusion of persons with disabilities, with member organizations covering more than 100 countries and regions. It enjoys special consultative...
12th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States...
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