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AUSTRALIA VIOLATED RIGHTS OF DEAF PEOPLE OVER JURY SERVICE – UNITED NATIONS EXPERTS
26 April 2016
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GENEVA (26 April 2016) – The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of sign language interpretation and real-time captioning, to participate in the proceedings, United Nations experts have…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES FIFTEENTH SESSION
21 April 2016
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its fifteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Chile, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Thailand and Uganda on how they implement the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of…
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COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES EXAMINES REPORT OF CHILE
01 April 2016
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the examination of the initial report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Presenting the report, Heidi Berner Herrera, Under-Secretary for Social Assessment at the Ministry…
