Category: Events

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Startups and Emerging Technologies As Drivers of Disability Human Rights?

Looking ahead to the CRPD’s third decade

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ “Right to Care”

New directions for disability advocacy and organizing in the Americas?

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What U.S. Disability Advocates Are Doing amid Cuts to Critical Federal Assistance Programs

HPOD workshop explores state-level and local developments

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The Inter-American Court of Human Rights’ “Right to Care”

New directions for disability advocacy and organizing in the Americas?

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The Hidden Disability Rights Crisis in Post-Coup Myanmar

UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews denounces widespread oppression

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Aging, Urbanization, and the Right to Food

The final event in UNITAR’s yearlong roundtable series ‘Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing’

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A Resurgence of Disability Institutions?

Learning from the Nation’s troubled past to avoid future harms

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The Human Toll of Medicaid Cuts

Threats to persons with disabilities’ right to independent living in the community

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Open House

HPOD’s annual community gathering to learn about upcoming events and opportunities

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Right to Science and Access to Technology for Older Persons

The third event in UNITAR’s yearlong roundtable series ‘Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing’

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Access to Health Systems for Older Persons in Conflict Areas

The second event in UNITAR’s virtual roundtable series ‘Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing’

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From Awareness to Action

Ensuring climate and crisis response that works for all

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The Right to Work for Older Migrants, Refugees, and Stateless Persons

First of five events in UNITAR’s virtual roundtable series ‘Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing’

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Mental Health and Climate Change

When a global crisis and planetary emergency collide

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Alex Green

Tracing the Origins of Mass Institutionalization of Persons with Disabilities in North America

Book talk with HPOD Fellow Alex Green

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Disability Rights Advocacy and Legalism in South Korea and Japan

Book talk with Professor Celeste Arrington

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Disability Inclusion’s Role in U.S. Foreign Policy

In conversation with U.S. Department of State Special Advisor Sara Minkara

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Climate Change Is a Disability Issue

How to advance disability-inclusive climate practices, from classroom engagement to inclusive policy

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Disability Rights and Access to the Ballot

Safeguarding all persons with disabilities’ full and effective political participation

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Disability as a Missing Dimension in Disarmament Diplomacy

Side event on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)

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Open House

HPOD’s annual community gathering to connect and preview opportunities to advance disability rights

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Understanding the CRPD in the Context of Climate Risks and Emergencies

COSP17 side event highlights states’ obligations in the Inter-American Human Rights System

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Prison Bars

Ending the Mass Incarceration of Persons of Color with Disabilities

Toward intersectional solutions to transform policing

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Advancing Disability Climate Justice in the Courts

Assessing strategies for including persons with disabilities through litigation around the world

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U.S. Government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment Highlights Outsize Climate Risks for Persons with Disabilities

Learn more at the upcoming NCA5 Public Engagement Webinar on Human Health & COVID-19

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Strengthening International Humanitarian Legal Protections for Marginalized Groups

Accounting for children, women, and persons with disabilities

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Court House

Reckoning with the History of State Institutions for People with Disabilities

At HPOD panel, advocates, scholars, and institution survivors discuss efforts to uncover an untold story

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Access to Health and Social Care Services

UNITAR’s fourth 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event

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Ensuring Disability Inclusion in the Global Climate Action Agenda

Call to action ahead of the 28th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

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Open House

HPOD’s annual community gathering to connect and preview opportunities to advance disability rights

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Access to Labor Markets for Older Persons

UNITAR’s second 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event

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Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing

UNITAR’s 2023 roundtable series to promote the rights of older persons

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Movement and Cohesion in the Disability, Peace, and Security Agenda

Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Persons with Disabilities side event

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Lunchtime Conversation with Andrew Leon Hanna

on “25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs”

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Artificial Intelligence in Mental Health

Strategies for avoiding potential data harms

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Combating Isolation: The Idea of a Right to Belong

What Kim Samuel’s New Book “On Belonging” Means for Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons

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Rights of Voters with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States

Ongoing Advocacy Efforts Amid a Wave of Suppression

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Disability Climate Justice

Towards Evidence-Based Research on Disability and Climate Change

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HPOD’s Open House

NEW LOCATION

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Rights of Children with Disabilities in Africa

Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic

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Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights

Harvard Law School Library Book Talk with Professors Vikram Patel and Michael Ashley Stein

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The CRPD and the Global South

The Pike Lecture at Boston University School of Law featuring Professor Michael Ashley Stein

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Global Disability Cause Lawyering

Perspectives from Leading Lawyers in the Movement

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Universal Deaf Access Event Recording

How to Reshape Cultural, Academic, Architectonic, and Virtual Spaces

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Universal Deaf Access

How to Reshape Cultural, Academic, Architectonic, and Virtual Spaces

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Pressing for Disability Rights

NCDJ and HPOD Links

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Harvard Law School Library Book Talk

The Cambridge Companion to Business and Human Rights Law eds. Ilias Bantekas and Michael Stein

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Accessible Technology and the Developing World

Harvard Law School Library Book Talk

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CRPD Shadow Reporting

Opportunities for Self-Advocacy

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Parents with Disabilities

Rights, Remedies & the Road Ahead

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Fernald’s Legacy

Ensuring We Never Forget Disability Rights History

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Persons with Disabilities’ Right to Political Participation around the Globe

Perspectives from Africa, Latin America, and the U.S.

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Aging Veterans with Disabilities

A Cross-National Study of Policies and Challenges.

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A Community for All: An Honest Conversation about Disabilities

Executive Director Michael Stein on Momentum Boost

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Women with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

with Venus Ilagan, former Secretary General of Rehabilitation International

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Mental Health in Africa

Event Recap

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Mental Health and Africa

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Book Talk: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

A Commentary

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Ari Ne'eman

Ari Ne’eman speaks at HPOD

A chapter from his forthcoming book on the history of disability in America

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Professor Kim Samuel speaks about her work at HPOD

Social inclusion and the human right to belong

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5th Annual Award for the Betterment of Humanity to Special Olympics

HPOD Celebrate 50 year of Special Olympics

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HPOD’s Fifth Annual Award for the Betterment of Humanity

Bestowed on Special Olympics on the occasion of Special Olympics’ 50th anniversary

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Considering Empowerment – Stories of Self-Advocacy from South Africa

Lunchtime Talk with Jean Elphick

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Disability Law and Perceptions of Fakery: An Empirical Approach

Lunchtime Talk with Doron Dorfman

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From Glory to Degradation: Disability from the Civil War to the Age of Eugenics

Lunchtime Talk with Ari Ne’eman

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HLS Library Book Talk: Disability, Human Rights, and Information Technology

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HPOD supports European Independent Living

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HPOD Open House with Keynote by Justice Albie Sachs

HPOD’s Annual Open House will feature a keynote by Albie Sachs, formerly of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, and opening remarks by Dean Martha Minow. Light refreshments will be served afterwards.

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Disability and Development Conference Oslo

In conjunction with the Norwegian Centre for Human Rights, HPOD is co-sponsoring an international conference on disability-inclusive development.

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