International Guidelines on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities
Where the guidelines came from The Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Committee on the Rights of Persons …
Peru gives legal capacity back to young people with Down syndrome
Karin Liza met our member, Sociedad Peruana de Síndrome Down (SPSD), in 2012. With their help, she realized she was under guardianship, and …
Victory in Germany: People under full guardianship will be able to vote for the first time
Following recent positive developments in Spain and Denmark, The German Federal Constitutional Court has ruled that denying people under full guardianship their …
Victory in Spain: People with intellectual disabilities will be able to vote for the first time.
#MiVotoCuenta #MyvoteCounts Read the article in Spanish here The Constitutional Commission of the Spanish Congress of Deputies has given the green light …
APAE DE SÃO PAULO Seminar on Legal Capacity & Supported Decision Making
Latin-American countries face the big challenge of transforming the decision-making of persons with disability, by acknowledging their legal capacity. This is what …
4th European Parliament of Persons with Disabilities
Inclusion International President, Klaus Lachwitz On Dec. 6 I took part in the 4th European Parliament of Persons with disabilities in the …
Institutions are an Unjust Deprivation of Liberty
Inclusion International Past-President, Diane Richler, along with II’s Executive Director, Connie Laurin-Bowie and Director of Human Rights, Policy and Global Initiatives, Anna …
The right to work for people with disabilities – international perspectives
International Conference at the University of Kassel (March 8 – 10, 2017) International experts gathered to discuss how open, inclusive and …
Members and partners awarded for their innovative Policies on Inclusive Employment
Inclusion International members and partners were celebrated last week at the Zero Project’s conference in Vienna, Austria. The mission of the Zero …
Zero Project Conference on Employment – Work and Vocational Education:
(February 21 – 24, 2017, Vienna) By Klaus Lachwitz- President Inclusion International The Essl Foundation, an Austrian charitable foundation, was established in …
Making Inclusive Employment a Reality
Inclusion International members and partners are being celebrated this week at the Zero Project’s conference in Vienna, Austria. The mission of the …
Supported Decision Making
The Open Society Foundations and the American University Washington College of Law convened a four day workshop (April 11-14) to share experiences …
Canada: Progress on medical assistance in dying
Inclusion International member CACL has been heavily involved in fighting to ensure that people with intellectual disabilities are protected in bill tabled …