INTERNATIONAL AND US PERSPECTIVES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW UN DISABILITY RIGHTS CONVENTION

 

Monday, March 31, 2008

American University Washington College of Law

4801 Massachusetts Avenue

Washington, DC

WCL Room 603

12pm – 5:30pm

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On March 31, a panel discussion and strategy session was held to build support for United States ratification of the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which eventually came into effect in early May 2008. Experts from around the world discussed ways to ensure the rapid implemenation of this groundbreaking document.

Agenda:

12:00 pm: Lunch and Panel Discussion: International & US Implications of the CRPD

* Prof. Robert Dinerstein, American University Washington College of Law
* Gehane El Sharkawy (Egypt), 2008 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow
* Abdelkerim Chtourou (Tunisia), 2008 Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow

1:30 pm: Keynote Presentation: The Honorable Tony Coelho, former US Congressman (D-CA) and original author of the Americans with Disabilities Act

2:00 pm: Working Session to Develop an Action Plan to Build US Support and Ratification of CRPD

* Moderators: Bobby Silverstein, Director, The Center for the Study and Advancement of Disability Policy, and Jeff Rosen, General Counsel and Director of Policy, National Council on Disability

5:30 pm: Reception

 

Cosponsored by the American University Washington College of Law Center for Human Rights & Humanitarian Law, Mental Disability Rights International, US International Council on Disability (USICD), Ratify Now, American Association of Persons with Disabilities, National Organization on Disability, Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF), Human Rights Strategic Working Group
Landmine Survivors Network, Syracuse University – Burton Blatt Institute, and World Institute on Disability (WID).