Comhlamh First Wednesday

dublin | rights, freedoms and repression | event notice Thursday December 11, 2008 11:42 by Comhlamh - Comhlamh

Will the UN Convention on the Rights of People

Comhlamh First Wednesday Information Evening

Will the UN Convention on the Rights of People
with Disabilities really make a difference?

Bewley's Cafe Theatre, Grafton Street, Dublin
January 7th from 6.15 to 7.45

The most comprehensive statement of disabled people’s rights forms the content of the brand new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It is simply the most important event in global disability rights ever.

The first UN Convention of the twenty-first century, it passed into force in May 2008. By the middle of September 2008, it had been ratified by thirty-seven countries, from Australia to Hungary, from Jamaica to Thailand.

The CRPD has the legal and moral force to bring about real and positive changes in the lives of people with disabilities. But will it bring about these changes? Will it really make a difference? Come and find out for yourself on January 7th!

Speakers Dr. Gerard Quinn Director, Centre for Disability Law and Policy NUI Galway School of Law
Donal ToolanDisability Rights Activist
Chaired by Fergus Finlay *CEO, Barnardos