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Advancing Disability Climate Justice in the Courts

Assessing Strategies for Including Persons with Disabilities through Litigation around the World

Mar 25, 2024   Events   Climate Justice

U.S. Government’s Fifth National Climate Assessment Highlights Outsize Climate Risks for Persons with Disabilities

Learn More at the Upcoming NCA5 Public Engagement Webinar on Human Health & COVID-19

Feb 14, 2024   Events   Climate Justice

Towards Effective Human Rights Protections for Older Persons

Building on UNITAR's Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing 2023 Roundtables

Feb 05, 2024   Author: Hezzy Smith   Blog Posts   Making Rights Real

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Promoting Disability-Inclusive Climate Action through Litigation

HPOD and Allies Urge Inter-American Court on Human Rights to Take Notice of Evolving International Standards

Jan 23, 2024   Author: Hezzy Smith   Blog Posts   Climate Justice

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Experiences of Group Home Residents with Intellectual Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Self-Advocate Researchers Shine a Light on Underexplored Story

Dec 15, 2023   Author: Hezzy Smith   Blog Posts   Self-Advocacy

HPOD IN REVIEW

Fall 2023 Semester in Review

Older Persons' Rights, Climate Change, International Humanitarian Law, and more


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Professor Michael Ashley Stein Honored by US International Council on Disability

The Dole-Harkin Award Recognizes Professor Stein's Unique Contributions to International Disability Rights

Nov 20, 2023   News

Strengthening International Humanitarian Legal Protections for Marginalized Groups

Accounting for Children, Women, and Persons with Disabilities

Nov 02, 2023   Author: Hezzy Smith   Location: Zoom   Events   Peace & Security

Reckoning with the History of State Institutions for People with Disabilities

At HPOD Panel, Advocates, Scholars, and Institutional Survivors Discuss Efforts to Uncover an Untold Story

Oct 25, 2023   Author: Alex Green   Events   Making Rights Real

Access to Health and Social Care Services

UNITAR's fourth 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event

Oct 25, 2023   Events   Health

Ensuring Disability Inclusion in the Global Climate Action Agenda

Call to Action ahead of the 28th Conference of Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

Oct 03, 2023   Author: Mackenzie Saunders   Events   Climate Justice

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Private Citizens’ Role in Enforcing the Americans with Disabilities Act

HPOD's Professor Stein Previews Oral Arguments in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer before the U.S. Supreme Court

Sep 26, 2023   News   Making Rights Real

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Open House

HPOD's Annual Community Gathering to Connect and Preview Opportunities to Advance Disability Rights

Sep 06, 2023   Events

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Announcing HPOD’s 2023-24 Annual Fellows

Projects will tackle intersections with race, criminal law, institutionalization, health care, and global peace and security

Aug 03, 2023   News

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Access to Labor Markets for Older Persons

UNITAR's second 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event


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Youth with Disabilities in Action

Spreading the word about alternatives to guardianship

Jun 23, 2023   Author: Kamisha Heriveaux   Blog Posts   Self-Advocacy

HPOD IN REVIEW

Spring 2023 Semester in Review

Climate Change, Artificial Intelligence, Peace & Security, and more


Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing

UNITAR's 2023 roundtable series to promote the rights of older persons


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Movement and Cohesion in the Disability, Peace, and Security Agenda

Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Persons with Disabilities Side Event

Jun 15, 2023   Events   Peace & Security

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Professor Michael Ashley Stein Honored by Harvard University

Receives Inaugural Excellence in Accessibility and Inclusion Faculty Award

Jun 08, 2023   News