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Ending the Mass Incarceration of Persons of Color with Disabilities
Toward Intersectional Solutions to Transform Policing
Apr 11, 2024
Events
Disability-Inclusive Climate Action, Research and Development
Global Disability Climate Justice Working Group Urges Researchers and Policymakers to Meet the Moment
Dr. Cui Fengming Honored by the Charles River Center
Recognizing over a Decade of Disability Rights Advocacy and Scholarship
Advancing Disability Climate Justice in the Courts
Assessing Strategies for Including Persons with Disabilities through Litigation around the World
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
Towards Effective Human Rights Protections for Older Persons
Building on UNITAR's Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing 2023 Roundtables
Promoting Disability-Inclusive Climate Action through Litigation
HPOD and Allies Urge Inter-American Court on Human Rights to Take Notice of Evolving International Standards
Experiences of Group Home Residents with Intellectual Disabilities during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Self-Advocate Researchers Shine a Light on Underexplored Story
Fall 2023 Semester in Review
Older Persons' Rights, Climate Change, International Humanitarian Law, and more
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
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
Access to Health and Social Care Services
UNITAR's fourth 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event
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
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
Open House
HPOD's Annual Community Gathering to Connect and Preview Opportunities to Advance Disability Rights
Sep 06, 2023
Events
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
Access to Labor Markets for Older Persons
UNITAR's second 2023 Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing roundtable event
Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing
UNITAR's 2023 roundtable series to promote the rights of older persons
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
Professor Michael Ashley Stein Honored by Harvard University
Receives Inaugural Excellence in Accessibility and Inclusion Faculty Award
Jun 08, 2023
News
HPOD Fellow Alex Green Receives Marie Feltin Award
Boston Center for Independent Living's Annual Honor for Excellence in Advocacy and Service
Jun 05, 2023
News
Anne Fracht Appointed to Special Commission on State Institutions
Person with Disability-led Body Will Reckon with Massachusetts' Legacy of Institutionalization
May 05, 2023
News
Lunchtime Conversation with Andrew Leon Hanna
on "25 Million Sparks: The Untold Story of Refugee Entrepreneurs"
Mar 23, 2023
Events
Towards Disability-Inclusive Climate Resilience
What researchers can do to close the disability climate change equity gap
War Crime and No Punishment?
Gaps in International Humanitarian Legal Protections for Persons with Disabilities
Combating Isolation: The Idea of a Right to Belong
What Kim Samuel's New Book "On Belonging" Means for Persons with Disabilities and Older Persons
Nov 17, 2022
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