Nepal: ICJ welcomes CEDAW’s recommendations on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Rights of Women and Girls with Disabilities
On 24 February 2025, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (the Committee) released its Concluding Observations following its examination of Nepal’s record under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women....
Africa: African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights calls for the full continental ratification and implementation of the African Disability Protocol
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, the ICJ, Inclusion Africa, Sightsavers and Validity Foundation welcome the adoption by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights of a Resolution on 6 November aimed at advancing the ratification and effective implementation of the African Disability Protocol (“Protocol”) across the African continent.
Asia-Pacific: the Kathmandu Declaration, a call for action to ensure access to justice for persons with disabilities
On 18 November, the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) together with Transforming Communities for Inclusion (TCI) and in collaboration with KOSHISH and Nepal Disabled Women’s Association launched the Kathmandu Declaration on Access to Justice for Persons...
Ghana: Ghanaian authorities too slow in upholding the rights of persons with disabilities says UN Committee
Ghanaian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) have welcomed the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (the Committee’s) concluding observations on Ghana and called on the Ghanaian...Recent News
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