Call to action to protect the right to family life - webinar recordings
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care
Call to action to protect the right to family life & prevent institutionalization for all children
The signatories to this call to action acknowledge the leadership of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in their efforts to harmonize international human rights standards concerning children deprived of parental care.
Leading international child welfare experts and clinicians
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Submitted to UN Committee on the Rights of Child
Day of General Discussion on Alternative Care
September 2021
Day of General Discussion on Alternative Care
September 2021
Webinars September 7 & 8: Advancing the right to family life for all children
Reflections, practices and call to action in advance of the CRC’s Committee Day of General Discussion on children’s rights and alternative care
Call to action: Protect the right to family life & prevent institutionalization for all children
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This call to action seeks to contribute to a range of efforts worldwide to promote consistent interpretation and enforcement of international human rights law in respect of children with disabilities, including the activities of the committees mentioned and other stakeholders and in particular the preparations for a Day of General Discussion on Children’s Rights and Alternative Care scheduled to take place in September 2021 under the auspices of the Committee on the Rights the Child.
Joint contribution of disability rights organisations to the 2021 EU-Ukraine Human Rights Dialogue
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This submission focuses on the situation of children in institutions and the status of the deinstitutionalisation process in Ukraine. Disability Rights International (DRI), European Network on Independent Living (ENIL) and Validity Foundation commend the commitment of European Union to promote the fundamental rights for persons with disabilities and in particular its commitment to deinstitutionalisation of children globally.
March 4 webinar: COVID-19, institutionalization of persons with disabilities, and the right to truth
The webinar explored human rights documentation and the “right to truth” to fight the dangers of institutions — especially in light of COVID-19.
Webinar December 4th - Children with Disabilities in Adversity
Join us on Friday, December 4 for a webinar on Children with Disabilities in Adversity as part of the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Online launch of the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor Global Report
On 22 October 2020, Validity Foundation, the European Network on Independent Living, Disability Rights International, the Centre for Human Rights at the University of Pretoria, the International Disability Alliance, the International Disability and Development Consortium, and the Disability Rights Fund/Disability Rights Advocacy Fund will launch the COVID-19 Disability Rights Monitor Global Report.