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

Mon Mar 21 18:28:38 UTC 2011

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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

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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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