[blindlaw] Exciting news... American Society for International Law Disability Rights Interest Group

[Stephanie Ortoleva]

Thank you, I hope anyone interested in international law will considerjoining.
At 02:17 PM 3/21/2011, you wrote:
>Congratulations Stephanie!  A well deserved honor.
>
>Sincerely,
>Tim Ford
>
>
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>Subject: [blindlaw] Exciting news... American Society for International
>Law Disability Rights Interest Group
>
>Please share with your networks and apologies for cross-posting!
>
>Dear colleagues,
>I am thrilled to announce that the American Society for International
>Law has established the International Disability Rights Interest Group
>(IDRIG.)  This exciting new ASIL interest group joins numerous other
>long-standing interest groups at ASIL and will be co-chaired in this
>inaugural phase by Hope Lewis, a professor at Northeastern School of Law
>( h.lewis at neu.edu
>) and Stephanie Ortoleva (
>stephanieortoleva at gmail.com
>).  The other Executive Committee members are Janet E. Lord, Senior
>Partner, BlueLaw LLP  and Michael Waterstone, Associate Dean for
>Research and Academic Centers, Loyola Law School of Los Angeles.
>The IDRIG will have its first strategy and planning meeting at the
>annual ASIL Conference in Washington DC on Friday, March 25 from 9 to
>10:30 a.m. in the Roosevelt room at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd
>Street, N.W., Washington D.C.  Please join us as we plan our strategy
>and activities for the forthcoming year.  Even if you cannot attend this
>first meeting, please join the interest group so you can be part of our
>exciting work.
>Go to:
>http://www.asil.org/interest-groups-view.cfm?groupid=63
>   for more information on the International Disability Rights Interest
>Group.  The interest group is described as follows:
>The American Society of International Law International Disability
>Rights Interest Group (IDRIG) focuses on disability rights as this issue
>moves from the margins of international human rights law and policy to
>occupy a prominent place in the global human rights system with the
>adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
>Disabilities (CRPD).  The CRPD is moving in the direction of universal
>signature and already has nearly 100 ratifications, signaling the
>importance of the treaty to more than 650 million persons with
>disabilities worldwide.  The CRPD has prompted an unprecedented pace of
>law reform worldwide and the establishment of an Inter-Agency mechanism
>to ensure disability inclusion across the United Nations system.
>It is also markedly shaping the human rights agendas of mainstream human
>rights organizations as well as international development agencies.  The
>IDRIG works to promote awareness of disability rights as a cross-cutting
>issue in international law, sponsoring panels and other events at ASIL.
>Through an online discussion forum, DRIG provides information on recent
>developments in the field, an opportunity for networking among the
>rapidly growing numbers of international disability rights academics,
>practitioners, and advocates, discussing issues and recent developments
>in the field, sharing and collaborating on research, and furthering the
>inclusion of persons with disabilities in the work of ASIL.  IDRIG also
>supports, encourages, and provides leadership opportunities to law
>students and emerging young lawyers in the growing field.  Finally, and
>crucially, IDRIG advances the diversity of ASIL membership and
>facilitates the accessibility of ASIL to international lawyers with
>disabilities.
>Please come to this first meeting, share your ideas and be part of this
>opportunity to advance disability rights internationally.  As you can
>see from the above description, we have much work to do!  If you are not
>already an ASIL member, information on joining ASIL can be found at:
>http://www.asil.org/membership-become-a-member.cfm
>.
>Contact Stephanie Ortoleva or Hope Lewis with any questions and we look
>forward to seeing you on the 25th!
>Stephanie and Hope
>Stephanie Ortoleva, Esq.
>Senior Human Rights Legal Advisor, BlueLaw International, LLP Visiting
>Scholar, University of Hawaii, Spring 2011
>202.359.3045
>stephanieortoleva at gmail.com
>
>
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