The European Network on Independent Living and Disability Rights International (DRI) are holding a free webinar on 'Family and Community Integration of Children under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): Implications for Group Homes and Residential Care of New Human Rights Standards and Findings from Research'.
The webinar will feature the UN Special Rapporteur on Disability, Catalina Devandas Aguilar, and DRI's Executive Director Eric Rosenthal, as well as experts from TASH, the European Network on Independent Living, Harvard Medical School, and Johns Hopkins University.
The webinar will take place on 30 April, 9 – 11 am EST, 2-4 pm GMT (3-5 pm CET).
The webinar will seek to clarify States Parties’ obligations under the CRPD, in comparison to more dated standards, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and guidance provided by the UN Guidelines for the Alternative Care of Children. We will also have an opportunity to hear from experts studying the harm caused to children by placement in residential care settings (such as large institutions, group homes, family-type homes, special hospitals etc.). With efforts underway at the international level to reconcile different approaches to the right of the child to grow up in a family – in the CRPD, CRC and the UN Guidelines – the webinar will address some of the following questions: how to ensure every child can grow up in a family, is residential care justified in any circumstance, how to ensure that children growing up in group homes and other residential care settings are given an opportunity to access family-based care, and the right to independent living.
For more information, and to register, please click the link above.