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Join the @ACHPR, the African Disability Forum (ADF), and partners: @IDA_CRPD_Forum , @ICJ_Africa , @Sightsavers , @LftWKE , @AfricaDiwa , & other allies,  on the margins of the 85th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR for a side event on the African Disability Protocol (ADP). 1/2

🔔 Join us for an important conversation on international cooperation and deinstitutionalization! As part of the ‘From Words to Practice’ webinar series by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GCDI) on UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization, including in emergencies, IDA is hosting a thematic workshop on international cooperation. 📅 Date: Thursday, 26 June 2025 🕑 Time: 2:00–4:00 PM CET 📍 Where: Zoom 🔗 Register here: bit.ly/4dUGsb3 Accessibility features include: ✅ International Sign ✅ Closed Captioning ✅ Spanish Translation

ENIL and Validity welcome the UN CRPD Committee’s recommendations, which reflect the concerns raised in our shadow reports and represent an important step toward strengthening the rights of persons with disabilities across the EU.

On our way to the Civil Society Forum taking place before #GDS2025 starts tomorrow. Our advocacy priorities: 1. Get independent living & #deinstitutionalization on the agenda, 2. Legal capacity for all, 3. Leadership of persons with #psychosocial & #intellectual disabilities.

An important new study from Prof Gerard Quinn, looking at the need for enhanced investigations of the deaths of people with disabilities worldwide, and the reasons why states must take far greater steps to deal with structural discrimination.

Let's get #independentliving, #communityinclusion and #deinstitutionalisation on the agenda of the @GDS_Disability in Berlin next week! People with psychosocial disabilities must be at the table in all development programming #GDS2025 #CRPD @TCI_Global

Topic: the role of regional and global coalitions in ensuring that the process of ending institutionalisation of persons with disabilities and ensuring the right to independent living is led by survivors and their experiences.

During the 2025 Global Disability Summit, the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI) is organising a Fireside chat

Let's get #deinstitutionalization and the leadership of #survivors to the top of the agenda of the #GlobalDisabilitySummit 💪🏽 #GDS2025

On #IWD, I want to share with you a report I wrote for @ValidityNGO on their project examining violence against women with disabilities, access to justice and support services in the EU. Amazing project by Validity and partners! validity.ngo/2025/02/27/end…

Judgment I.C. v. the Republic of Moldova - allegations by intellectually disabled woman of labour exploitation and sexual abuse after she had been taken out of State care hudoc.echr.coe.int/app/conversion… #ECHR #CEDH #ECHRpress

LANDMARK RULING: European Court Finds Moldova Failed to Prevent Disability Servitude: In a legal first, the #ECtHR found violation of Art. 4 in respect of our client I.C., who was "placed" in a family under guise of #DI, where she was horrifically abused. bit.ly/3F0Hy7A

Victor was only 15 when he was placed in an abusive psych hospital in #Moldova. As a child with a #disability, he should have received support . This year, he achieved justice. Watch Victor's testimony. Support our seasonal appeal: shorturl.at/w4c7F youtube.com/watch?v=5Y0ILZ…

#ERDS2024: Closing session of the summit, being addressed by Hannelore Loskill, Chairwoman of the Speakers' Council of the #German #Disability Council; and a message from HRH Prince Mired Raad Zeid Al-Hussein @miredraad of #Jordan: "We must up the ante in advance of #GDS2025!"

#ERDS2024: Gunta Anca, VP of @MyEDF, describing key outcomes of the summit: (1) Mainstreaming #disability in international cooperation, respecting specific needs of persons with disabilities; (2) #independentliving and #deinstitutionalisation, and (3) Participation & support #OPD

The European Regional Disability Summit #ERDS2024 is kicking off in Berlin. The agenda will focus on Inclusive Development and Humanitarian Action. @ValidityNGO joins civil society in #Europe to call for disability-rights grounded response and recovery #CRPD

.@Sara_R_Rocha shares the stories of forcibly sterilised women. "I can't imagine having my dream of motherhood and choice taken away from me" We call on the EU and its leaders @vonderleyen @EP_President @eucopresident to #EndForcedSterilisation: edf-feph.org/end-forced-ste…

No women should be deprived of becoming a mother if it's their dream! We need to #EndForcedSterilisation!