Law / Policy

Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 13:18

CRPD Training Guide

Orange book cover with the title "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Training Guide: Professional Training Series, 19"

Cover for the CRPD Training Guide

A guide that can be used to develop and provide training sessions on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It provides an overview of the CRPD and suggests activities that could be used in trainings.

Monday, October 17, 2016 - 14:22

Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

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Cover for the handbook Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

This handbook provides guidance to parliamentarians on how they can implement the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Monday, October 17, 2016 - 14:05

Advocate for the Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty

A tablet lays flat on a table and has a small machine attached to it. A girl feels a single line of braille on the machine. An adult guides the girl's hands.

A girl uses a braille display to access documents on a tablet

Tools and resources that can help activists and parliamentarians advocate for ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by People with Visual and Print Disabilities

Monday, October 17, 2016 - 13:56

Human Rights Instruments for Children with Disabilities

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Cover for Teaching and Learning about Child Rights

Advocates and governments can use human rights instruments for children in conjunction with human rights instruments for people with disabilities to protect the rights of children with disabilities

Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 18:25

CRPD Shadow Report Guidance

Women and men professionals with and without disabilities meet around a long table inside a U.S. government building

Disability activists from different nations convene at the RightsNow! conference in September 2016 in Washington, D.C.

A collection of websites and publications that provide guidance on creating and collecting data for your shadow report

Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 18:33

Handbooks for Parliamentarians on Human Rights Treaties

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Find many handbooks for parliamentarians on various topics related to human rights and other issues. These publications can help parliamentarians consider how to revise their country's laws to better protect human rights

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 18:27

Rights-Based Approach to Inclusive Education

A picture of a young child with short hair and an ear ring, leaning very close to see their laptop screen.

Cover image of the publication titled The Right of Children with Disabilities to Education: A Rights Based Approach to Inclusive Education

Guidance for governments and policy makers on how to ensure access to, and availability of, inclusive education

Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 16:56

Understanding Legal Capacity

A young woman with an intellectual disability is placing her ballot inside a large envelope held up by a trained poll worker.

A voter casts her ballot on Election Day in the Philippines. Source: International Foundation for Electoral Systems

The restriction of legal capacity has a serious impact on persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities worldwide. Learn more about this issue and why it is important to protect legal capacity

Wednesday, March 2, 2016 - 19:05