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International
CCD's approach to international cooperation is based upon human rights and our disability rights principles of equality, consumer-control, self-representation, citizenship, and empowerment. Canadians with disabilities focus on the need to remove barriers to participation that individuals with disabilities face within their communities. CCD's International Development Committee provides leadership on international issues.
Recent Work
May 8, 2013
Vangelis Nikias Discusses Disability Rights and The Conversation Between International Law and Domestic Law
April 5, 2013
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March 27, 2013
How Can a Civil Society Shadow Report Improve Accountability?
On Thursday 14 February 2013, at the Munk School of Global Affairs, Steve Estey, Chair of CCD’s International Committee, participated in a panel presentation along with David Shannon (Nova Scotia Human Rights Commission) and Penny Hartin (World Blind Union). Steve reviewed CCD’s recommendations to the Government of Canada regarding the CRPD. Read more.
More on International
March 22, 2013
CCD Panel Presentation at University of Ottawa Human Rights Centre
January 30, 2013
Official Development Assistance to the World Bank
January 10, 2013
Radio Interview about the CRPD
November 27, 2012
CRPD - 10 Facts Canadians Should Know
November 5, 2012
Renewed Political Commitment and Leadership: An Imperative for the Realization of the Human Rights of Canadians with Disabilities
June 6, 2012
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Overview and Next Steps for an Accessible and Inclusive Society
Canada signs the Declaration on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations. Members of the Canadian Delegation Steve Estey, Chair of CCD’s International Committee, and Dulcie McCallum observe Canada’s ambassador make this historic commitment.
May 12, 2008
Canadians with Disabilities Celebrate the Coming into Force of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
As twenty countries have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), it now has the force of international law. Steve Estey, the Chairperson of CCD's International Development Committee joined other colleagues from the global disability rights movement at a UN ceremony to promote greater societal awareness of the CRPD, which provides guidance to countries on how to ensure people with disabilities experience full enjoyment of their human rights. Read more.