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Hungary: CRPD shadow report and executive summary available in English and Hungarian

3 September 2010
NGOs in Hungary have produced a shadow report which looks in detail at the level of CRPD implementation in the country. The 254-page report entitled ‘Rights of Persons with Disabilities or Disabling Rights?’ was launched at a public event in Budapest, Hungary, on 10 August 2010.
 
The report contains recommendations to the Hungarian government, including
 
  • Providing supported decision-making for the approximately 80,000 people under guardianship;
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advocacy, legal capacity, community living, inclusive education, access to justice, political participation, ill-treatment, research, Hungary

MDAC launches project focusing on monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

1 April 2010

1 April 2010. Today MDAC launched a one-year initiative in which it will seek to provide guidance to governments and NGOs on the effective implementation of Article 33 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the provision which focuses on domestic implementation of the Convention.

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advocacy, legal capacity, community living, inclusive education, access to justice, ill-treatment, research, poltical participation