International conference ‘Disability; human Rights from Words to Actions’
The International Conference on Disability and Human Rights organized by DCDD on 6 December 2006 was very succesful. DCDD wants to thank all people who have participated in this Conference.
In specific DCDD wants to thank:
The speakers during the plenary session: - enny Goldschmidt, Professor in Human Rights at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights, University Utrecht - Roeland Böcker, representative of the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Agent of the Dutch government to the European Court of Human Rights and government representatives in complaint procedures at the Human Rights Organs of the United Nations. - Charlotte McClain, ‘disability’ advisor of the World Bank for the regions East-Asia, the Pacific and South Asia The people who organised the workshops: - Dark and Light, Matthijs Nederveen - Plan Nederland, Carlien Huijsmans - RESPO, Hogeeschool Windeshein and Stichting DIR, Bas Schutte, Mulugeta Asmellash - Gered Gereedschap,Marleen van Duinhoven - Universiteit van Amsterdam, Sjaak van der Geest - Liliane Fonds, Cobi Klappe - KLM, Danny de Graaf - Steunfonds Fakkel 2000, Truus Jonker and René Myn Kong - Terre des Hommes,Anne Kuijs - Viataal, Betty Maas and Anja van der Donk - Stedenband Eindhoven Minsk, José Backbier - Vereniging Sarvodaya Nederland, Jan Muijs and Wim Walgers - Dutch Lanka Friendship Foundation, Ineke Galama - Public Health Consultants, Salima Padamsey - National Council of Disabled People, Yi Veasna - United Disabled People Kenya, Mercy Onsando - CREATE, Sarah Rule - Leprosy Foundation,Kerstin Beise
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Report of the Training Seminar
Below you can find the report of the Conference with the lessons Learnt and the main conclusions in a Word and a PDF file. Unfortunately the report is only available in Dutch.