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Joint statement by the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, Gerard Quinn, and the Independent Expert on the enjoyment of all human rights by older persons, Claudia Mahler

Toward Greater Coherence of International Law: Reflections on the Hague Convention (2000) on the International Protection of Adults.

CoSP16: Closing remarks by Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities.

Our challenge is to find ways of eliminating the distorting variables that don’t allow the voice of people with disabilities to be heard. I wish to thank the Bureau for the invitation to participate in the closing of the 16th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons […]

UN Secretary General speaking at the opening of COSP 16

CoSP 16: Opening remarks by the UN Special Rapporteur, Prof. Gerard Quinn

We are at a key inflection point of the Artificial Intelligence revolution, which will have massive implications for persons with disabilities.

person operating a tablet device

Transforming services and care for persons with disabilities.

Social services--for persons with or without disabilities--should no longer be limited to provide for a floor of social provision, but should also enable pathways to active citizenship. New values, new treaties, new legal instruments are all well and good, but they have to be accompanied and made real by changes in underlying practices and institutional […]

Podcast Episode 4, featuring Alex Breitegger

Podcast Ep.4: Alexander Breitegger on the Red Cross and civilians with disabilities in armed conflicts.

Armed conflicts impact disproportionately on persons with disabilities. Alex Breitegger from the Red Cross tells Gerard how to ensure that they aren't left behind in emergency situations.

Image featuring an older person smiling. Text: interpreting the 2000 Hague convention consistently with the rights of pesons with disabilities

Interpreting the 2000 Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults Consistently with the 2007 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This Study analyses how the private international law rules of the 2000 Hague Convention can be interpreted in light of the UN CRPD and all other current human rights protections.

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