Disabled Peoples International (DPI) has a special Human Rights Defenders Project, funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA). It aims to positively influence the lives of persons with disabilities in mainly five CIDA Countries of Focus that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD: Bangladesh, Jamaica, Peru, Tanzania and Ukraine.The Human Rights Defenders Project includes four components: (1) Institutional strengthening of five national member organizations to monitor the Convention (2) Development and the use of educational material to assist with the monitoring of the Convention (3) Publications, promotion and networking related to the rights of disabled people, and (4) Data collection, reporting and monitoring related to disability issues.
Posts Tagged ‘Ukraine’
Ukrainian activists support Belarusian human rights defenders – Charter97
January 10, 2013Good to see that Human Rights Defenders from Ukraine support their colleagues in Belarus.
Charter97 reports how Ukrainian human rights activists launched an Internet campaign on behalf of Belarusian colleagues arrested for posting photos with a portrait of Ales Byalyatski on the Internet.
First results appear on the website – activists from different human rights groups send their photos with a portrait of Ales Byalyatski.
Participants of the Second International Human Rights training for the Youth:
Hans Thoolen on Human Rights Defenders and their awards 