Event: 4/8 Effectiveness of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

Syracuse University Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE) Grant program:

The CRPD was adopted by the UN in 2006 and has been ratified by 184 countries. This panel brings together leading international experts to discuss the effectiveness of the CRPD and whether and how it is making a difference in the lives of people with disabilities.

MODERATORS: Professor Arlene Kanter (Law) and Professor Audie Klotz (Maxwell)

• Dr. Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Judith Heumann, Civil Rights Advocate and Former Special Advisor for International Disability Rights at the US Department of State (2010-2017)

• Akiko Ito, Chief, Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

• Silvia Quan, former member, U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and disability rights activist

• Eric Rosenthal, Founder and Executive Director of Disabilities Rights International

Friday, April 8

9 a.m. - Noon ET

Livestream: http://syracuseuniversity.zoom.us/j/92212151452