The Disability and Human Rights Observatory (ODDH) and the National Mechanism to Monitor the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Me-CDPD) will create an online survey to collect information on the effective participation of persons with disabilities during the European elections on 26 May 2019.
The Disability and Human Rights Observatory has elaborated together with the organisations of its Advisory Board a document with recommendations that aim to guarantee the right to political participation of persons with disabilities.
On 26 March, the National Mechanism for Monitoring the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Me-CDPD) will organize its 2nd Conference in the Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon. The event aims to stimulate the debate about the participation of persons with disabilities in society and in the processes of political decision making in matters that relate to their lives and their rights - fundamental conditions for the exercise of citizenship.
On February 26, 2019, a Public Hearing was held on the Portuguese Parliament to discuss the amendment proposals to Decree-Law n. º 54/2018, which establishes the legal regime of inclusive education. The Public Hearing was promoted by the Working Group on Special Education, of the Committee on Education and Science.
The journal Alter will award for the first time in 2019 a prize of the young author.
This call for articles is for:
- all doctoral students or young researchers who have completed their PhD within less than five years of the date of submission of their articles,
- whatever their nationality,
- whose work falls within the scope of the journal.
