community living

Speakers' Notes for 6 April Side Event on Independent Living

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community living

Speakers:

Catalina Devandas, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Chair

Oana Gîrlescu, Lawyer, MDAC. “Moldova: Successes and challenges in deinstitutionalisation”

Derrick Kizza, Executive Director, MHU. “Uganda: Peer support, micro-finance and preventing abuse"

Miroslav Cangár, FORUM: “Slovakia: Measuring quality in community-based services”

Psychiatric hospitals in Uganda - A human rights investigation

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Resource type: 
report
Goal: 
community living
Download the report here (PDF)

My Home, My Choice in the Czech Republic

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Resource type: 
report
Goal: 
community living
Download the briefing here (PDF)

Biennial Report, 2011-12

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Resource type: 
report
Goal: 
access to justice, community living, freedom from ill-treatment, inclusive education, legal capacity, political participation

This publication summarises the Mental Disability Advocacy Center's activities in 2011 and 2012.

The ITHACA Toolkit

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Resource type: 
toolkits
Goal: 
access to justice, community living, freedom from ill-treatment, inclusive education, legal capacity, political participation
The aim of this Toolkit is to provide a complete guide to monitor human rights, including the right to health, in mental health and social care institutions.

Written Comments to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Hungary 2012

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Resource type: 
report
Goal: 
community living, freedom from ill-treatment, inclusive education, legal capacity, political participation

Additional information about Hungary’s compliance with the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, with respect to the List of Issues and Replies from the Government of Hungary to the List of issues. 5 September 2012. Prepared by the Hungarian Disability Caucus.

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