Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 15:47

Disability Inclusive Education in Emergencies

Six different images include: a women instructing a class outdoors, a young child writing on paper, a student pointing to a chalkboard, a young boy inspects an item in his hands, a young child claps, a women works with two children on an assignment.

Cover image from the INEE publication Minimum Standards for Education: Preparedness, Response, Recovery

These resources address making education during conflicts, disasters, or other humanitarian emergencies inclusive of children with disabilities
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 15:14

Handbook for Parliamentarians on the CRPD

Title of the handbook in red on a black background, and a graphic of a lock.

Cover for the Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Provides guidance to parliamentarians on how the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is ratified, implemented, and monitored and how parliamentarians can revise their country's laws to be more consistent with the CRPD
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Tuesday, October 18, 2016 - 13:18

CRPD Training Guide

Orange book cover with the title "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Training Guide: Professional Training Series, 19"

Cover for the CRPD Training Guide

A guide that can be used to develop and provide training sessions on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). It provides an overview of the CRPD and suggests activities that could be used in trainings.
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 14:22

Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Logos for various United Nations (UN) agencies across the top, with a picture of two indigenous people wearing facial paint and formal headdresses.

Cover for the handbook Implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

This handbook provides guidance to parliamentarians on how they can implement the United Nations (UN) Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 14:05

Advocate for the Ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty

A tablet lays flat on a table and has a small machine attached to it. A girl feels a single line of braille on the machine. An adult guides the girl's hands.

A girl uses a braille display to access documents on a tablet

Tools and resources that can help activists and parliamentarians advocate for ratification of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works by People with Visual and Print Disabilities
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Monday, October 17, 2016 - 13:56

Human Rights Instruments for Children with Disabilities

Blue cover with title in white text, with a colorful artwork showing a blond-haired girl in a red dress and flowers in her hand.

Cover for Teaching and Learning about Child Rights

Advocates and governments can use human rights instruments for children in conjunction with human rights instruments for people with disabilities to protect the rights of children with disabilities
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Wednesday, October 5, 2016 - 18:25

CRPD Shadow Report Guidance

Women and men professionals with and without disabilities meet around a long table inside a U.S. government building

Disability activists from different nations convene at the RightsNow! conference in September 2016 in Washington, D.C.

A collection of websites and publications that provide guidance on creating and collecting data for your shadow report
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Monday, August 29, 2016 - 20:36

Marrakesh Treaty

Materials explaining local public transit are displayed in braille

Print materials in braille

Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled
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Monday, August 29, 2016 - 20:25

Using Mobile Applications for Advocacy

A city map shows several pin drops to indicate accessible restaurants and businesses.

A screenshot of the Vietnam DMAP app shows a few accessible locations in Ho Chi Minh

Mobile applications (or "apps") are becoming a popular way for human rights communities to engage with the public. This page offers suggestions for how to develop ideas for a mobile app related to disability rights
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