Coming Up

Implementing Human Rights in Closed Environments 2012 Conference

Date: 
20 Feb 2012 - 08:15
Venue: 
Monash University, Melbourne

World Down Syndrome Day at UN

Date: 
21 Mar 2012 - 10:00
Venue: 
UN HQ, New York City

Europe in Action Conference 2012

Date: 
31 May 2012 - 09:00
Venue: 
Brussels, Belgium

MDAC Summer School

Date: 
16 Jul 2012 - 09:00
Venue: 
Budapest, Hungary

News

21 February 2012, Budapest and Prague. Yesterday the Czech President signed a new Civil Code into law. The new law follows a 7 year campaign by civil society organisations, advocating for changes to the guardianship law. The new law comes into force in January 2014, allowing significant time for judicial, administrative and societal awareness-raising to take place. The previous law allowed... »
20 February 2012, Budapest. Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s Commissioner for Human Rights, has today issued a comment and an issue paper on the right to legal capacity. Hammarberg calls for reform of guardianship systems which he says are “out-dated and in urgent need of reform” in the “bulk” of European countries. MDAC and other non-governmental... »
MDAC held a three-day workshop on litigating the rights of persons with psycho-social and intellectual disabilities in Kampala, Uganda from 2-4 February.  The need to build capacity of lawyers on the rights of people with psycho-social disabilities and people with intellectual disabilities has always been highlighted in MDAC’s discussions with organisations of persons with... »
27 January 2012, Budapest. MDAC welcomes the election of Nils Muižnieks as the third Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights. At their plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe elected Mr Muižnieks for a non-renewable term of six years starting on 1 April 2012. Mr Muižnieks is a member of the European Commission against Racism and... »

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