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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'
May 14, 2025
Events
Tracing the Origins of Mass Institutionalization of Persons with Disabilities in North America
Book talk with HPOD Fellow Alex Green
Disability Rights Advocacy and Legalism in South Korea and Japan
Book talk with Professor Celeste Arrington
Disability Inclusion’s Role in U.S. Foreign Policy
In conversation with U.S. Department of State Special Advisor Sara Minkara
Climate Change Is a Disability Issue
How to advance disability-inclusive climate practices, from classroom engagement to inclusive policy
Disability Rights and Access to the Ballot
Safeguarding all persons with disabilities' full and effective political participation
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)
Open House
HPOD's annual community gathering to connect and preview opportunities to advance disability rights
Sep 12, 2024
Events
Understanding the CRPD in the Context of Climate Risks and Emergencies
COSP17 side event highlights states' obligations in the Inter-American Human Rights System
Ending the Mass Incarceration of Persons of Color with Disabilities
Toward intersectional solutions to transform policing
Advancing Disability Climate Justice in the Courts
Assessing strategies for including persons with disabilities through litigation around the world
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
Strengthening International Humanitarian Legal Protections for Marginalized Groups
Accounting for children, women, and persons with disabilities
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
Access to Health and Social Care Services
UNITAR's fourth 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event
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
Open House
HPOD's annual community gathering to connect and preview opportunities to advance disability rights
Sep 06, 2023
Events
Access to Labor Markets for Older Persons
UNITAR's second 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event
Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing
UNITAR's 2023 roundtable series to promote the rights of older persons
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
Lunchtime Conversation with Andrew Leon Hanna
on "25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs"
Mar 23, 2023
Events
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
Nov 17, 2022
Events
Rights of Voters with Intellectual Disabilities in the United States
Ongoing Advocacy Efforts Amid a Wave of Suppression
Rights of Children with Disabilities in Africa
Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic
Apr 13, 2022
Events
Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights
Harvard Law School Library Book Talk with Professors Vikram Patel and Michael Ashley Stein
The CRPD and the Global South
The Pike Lecture at Boston University School of Law featuring Professor Michael Ashley Stein
Mar 28, 2022
Global Disability Cause Lawyering
Perspectives from Leading Lawyers in the Movement
Mar 24, 2022
Events
Universal Deaf Access
How to Reshape Cultural, Academic, Architectonic, and Virtual Spaces
Mar 02, 2022
Events
Harvard Law School Library Book Talk
The Cambridge Companion to Business and Human Rights Law eds. Ilias Bantekas and Michael Stein
Nov 16, 2021
Events
Pressing for Disability Rights
How Journalists and Advocates Should Cover Today’s Challenges
Nov 09, 2021
Book Launch: Mental Health, Legal Capacity, and Human Rights
October 8 @ 10:00 am - 11:15 am
Oct 08, 2021
Health
Disruptions of Dignity:
COVID-19 and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Latin America
Oct 08, 2021
Health
VIDEO Not Your Ritual Object:
Disabled Perspectives in Inclusive Liturgy and Spiritual Arts
Mar 24, 2021