17 November 2020 - 18 November 2020
9:00 - 17:00
Online
In 2020, the conference will focus on developing responses for overcoming barriers faced by persons with disabilities in the respect, protection and fulfilment of the right to health in the African region.
The conference has two main complementary objectives: 1) to critically appraise laws, policies, practices, programmes, polities and ideologies that impede the respect, protection and fulfilment of the right to health of persons with disabilities; and 2) to suggest how to overcome the impediments.
The conference will be convened virtually via webinar by the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa, on 17 and 18 November 2020. Authors of abstracts and papers should seek to propose ideas and remedial approaches which can serve as resources for assisting persons with disabilities, lawmakers, courts and tribunals, policymakers, human rights defenders, health-care and rehabilitation service providers, education providers, employers, caregivers, community support service providers, and other pertinent actors in contributing towards the realisation of the right to health of persons with disabilities. It is anticipated that papers presented at this conference will be reworked by authors and submitted for consideration for publication in the 2021 volume of the African Disability Rights Yearbook.
Background
In its preamble and substantive provisions, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) underscores the imperative of securing equality and human dignity for persons with disabilities in all socio-economic sectors, including in the provision of health care and related services.
Submission specifications
A committee will review abstracts that are in English, are 400-450 words in length, without footnotes or endnotes, and in MS Word format (not PDF). Abstracts must include in a single document: title of abstract, author’s name, affiliation, qualifications, email address and body of abstract.
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Funding
Authors whose conference paper is accepted for presentation at the conference may be considered for reimbursement or modest compensation for data costs related to their participation in the conference.
For more information, please contact:
Mrs Tariro Rufetu
Research Assistant, Disability Rights Unit LLB (UNISA)
Tel +27 (0)12 420 3072
Fax +27 (0)86 580 5743
[email protected]
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