UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD Committee) – Decisions Rendered on Individual Communications

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Read the UN CRPD Committee’s Decisions Issued on Individual Communications in the 28th and 29th Sessions, in MS Word: 28th Session: Date of adoption: March 23, 2023 Type of Decision: Decision on merits Date of adoption: March 23, 2023 Type of Decision: Decision on merits 29th Session: Date of adoption: August 25, 2023 Type of Decision: Discontinuance decision Date of

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Upcoming Webinar “At Risk and Overlooked: Children with Disabilities in Armed Conflict”

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The Berkeley Law Center for Comparative Equality & Anti-Discrimination Law in collaboration with the Law, Disability & Social Change Project of the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law will host a webinar on protecting children with disabilities during armed conflict, featuring Emina Ćerimović, an associate director in the Disability Rights Division of Human Rights Watch. Emina leads the organization’s work

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Upcoming Webinar: “Localization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”

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The Centre for Disability Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies at Mona, in collaboration with the Law, Disability and Social Change Project of the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law, present an important discussion on localizing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Speakers: Dr. Laverne Jacobs, Professor and Founding

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HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DISABILITY CASE SUMMARIES IN JULY & AUGUST 2023

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The following are a summary of recent decisions relating to disability and human rights from the human rights tribunals in Canada (Summer, 2023, Issue 3). This issue of our digest covers a selection of decisions from the Human Rights Tribunals of British Columbia, Ontario, and Alberta during the months of July and August, 2023.  This information is not intended to provide legal advice. Prepared

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HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DISABILITY CASE SUMMARIES IN JUNE 2023

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The following are a summary of recent decisions relating to disability and human rights from the human rights tribunals in Canada (Summer, 2023, Issue 3). This issue of our digest covers a selection of decisions from the Human Rights Tribunals of British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta and Nova Scotia during the month of June 2023.  This information is not intended to provide legal

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HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DISABILITY CASE SUMMARIES IN MAY & JUNE 2022

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The following are a summary of recent decisions relating to disability and human rights from the human rights tribunals in Canada (Summer, 2022, Issue 1). This issue of our digest covers a selection of decisions from the Human Rights Tribunals of British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that were rendered during the months of May and June 2022. Any relevant Supreme Court

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BIPOC & DISABILITY LIVED EXPERIENCES EVENT

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Please join us Monday, March 8 for a discussion with our expert panelists exploring the lived experiences of racialized people with disabilities in Canada. Panelists include: Yat Li (Head of Marketing & Communications at Wavefront Centre for Communication Accessibility), Sarah Jama (Co-founder, Disability Justice Network of Ontario), Sherron Grant ( Co-founder of Black Families Support Group), and Valeria Kuri (3L JD/MSW

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The Annotated Accessible Canada Act

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Click here to go to the first excerpt of the Annotated Accessible Canada Act. The Act to ensure a barrier-free Canada, S.C. 2019, c. 10, which is commonly known as the Accessible Canada Act (ACA) came into force on July 11, 2019. It is Canada’s first piece of federal legislation focusing on accessibility for persons with disabilities. The ACA aims

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Statement against Anti-Black & Anti-Indigenous Racism and of Solidarity with Black, Indigenous & People of Colour (BIPOC) [1]

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*CONTENT WARNING: discussion of anti-Black racism, ableism, police brutality, murder* Over the last several months we have observed global uprisings and world-wide responses to the rampant and systemic anti-Black racism that is embedded in the fabric of our society.  Black folx have been subject to colonial rule, the transatlantic slave trade, and are still grappling with the ongoing legacy of

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WEBINAR TRANSCRIPT: “LOCALIZATION OF THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES”

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Transcript for the past webinar, “Localization of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” hosted on November 1st 2023, by The Centre for Disability Studies of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of the West Indies at Mona, in collaboration with the Law, Disability and Social Change Project of the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law.

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University of Windsor’s Annual Accessibility Day Webinar, “Accessibility, Inclusion & the Limits of the Law” (April 8, 2021)

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How can we achieve greater social inclusion for people with disabilities? This question lies at the heart of a regulatory initiative that has been developing steadily in Canada since the mid-2000s. The question of inclusion has become even more acute during the COVID-19 crisis. Accessibility standards are the newest generation of law established to combat disability discrimination. Accessibility standards are

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HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL DISABILITY CASE SUMMARIES IN JULY & AUGUST 2022

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The following are a summary of recent decisions relating to disability and human rights from the human rights tribunals in Canada (Summer, 2022, Issue 2). This issue of our digest covers a selection of decisions from the Human Rights Tribunals of British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and the North West Territories that were rendered during the month of July 2022. It also includes a selection of

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Thanks to Valeria Kuri, LDSC Executive Research Coordinator

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Dear LDSC Community, Since May, 2022, we have had the pleasure of working with Valeria Kuri (Windsor Law JD/MSW ’21). Valeria worked with us this summer as the Law, Disability & Social Change Project’s Executive Research Coordinator. She rejoined the Project in this new capacity after having worked as a Research Assistant for four years between 2017 – 2021 while

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