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MDAC statement on today’s US Senate vote
photo: www.usicd.org4 December 2012. Today the US Senate voted no to ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 61 senators voted in favour, and 38 against, but that was...
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Latvia abolishes plenary guardianship
Last week the Latvian parliament adopted a new law which abolishes plenary guardianship. This means that the 2,334 people in Latvia who are currently prohibited from taking any decisions about their...
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Hungarian Civil Society Turns to the President Asking Him not to Sign the New...
Today, civil society organisations and experts from the field of disability rights sent a submission (available only in Hungarian) to the President of Hungary asking him not to sign the new Civil Code...
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Shadow Report on Children's Rights in Hungary
On 21 February 2013, MDAC took part in the launch of the alternative report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in Hungary for period 2016 – 2012 and the accompanying...
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Bulgaria responsible for death of 15 disabled children and adults
In a judgment published this week (Nencheva v. Bulgaria, judgment of June 18), the European Court of Human Rights held the Bulgarian government responsible for the death of 15 children and young adults...
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Romania must stop the torture of young adults with disabilities
Today, on International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, three NGOs call on the Romanian Prime Minister to take decisive action to end torture and other ill-treatment of young adults, aged between...
View ArticleStates must not weaken the UN’s human rights bodies
The Mental Disability Advocacy Center was one of several NGOs which today asked the UN General Assembly to strengthen the UN’s human rights treaty bodies. The NGOs spoke with one clear voice to demand...
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UN Human Rights Committee should uphold disability rights standards
Today MDAC asked the UN Human Rights Committee to promote, rather than ignore, UN disability rights standards. The Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC) today sent a public letter to the Chair of...
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MDAC Asks UK House of Lords to Amend Legal Capacity Law
MDAC has today made a submission to the UK House of Lords which is in the process of scrutinising the Mental Capacity Act (MCA). This legislation, which applies to England and Wales, regulates the way...
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MDAC welcomes report of UN poverty expert highlighting plight of people with...
MDAC welcomes the statement by Ms Magdalena Sepúlveda, UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights, who completed her visit to Moldova last week, calling for the government to adopt...
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