Announcement - Postponement

It is with huge regret the Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP) announces the postponement the 12^th International Disability Law Summer School scheduled for 15^th – 19^th June 2020. We are committed to running this program at a later date, but we cannot move forward with preparations with given the situation with COVID 19.

This has been a very difficult decision, but as the CDLP is committed to the advancement of disability rights, equality and accessibility it would be wrong of us to push forward with this event. We hope that the current situation resolves itself quickly, but in the face of a global pandemic it is impossible for so many people with or without disabilities to try and plan to travel internationally. It would be unfair and unjust of us to run the summer school.

We would like to ensure you we fully intend to run the summer school at a later date, when it is possible to run it in a manner which is inclusive, and does not jeopardise the health of any of our participants.

We were particularly pleased with the depth of the faculty, the variety of panels and the range of expertise we were able to bring to the programme this year. We look forward to welcoming you all to Galway at a later date when we can guarantee the programme’s success.

We will share the details of the rescheduled summer school once we have a better idea of this situation.

Yours with solidarity,

Eilionóir, Maria and Catriona

Co-Directors Summer School 2020

Welcome

The Centre for Disability Law and Policy are delighted to announce that the 12th International Disability Law Summer School will take place from Monday 15– 19 June 2020 in Galway.

This year the focus will be on ‘Participation in Cultural Life, Recreation, Leisure and Sport for People with Disabilities”.

While there is a growing understanding of the importance of access to culture, recreation and sport for people with disabilities, this is rarely carried out using the rights-based approach as found in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The Summer School will provide an introduction to international human rights law and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the nature of State obligations, methods of treaty interpretation, the substantive rights, monitoring, complaints procedure and the role of the Committee).

This includes Article 30 (Cultural Life) – one of the less explored articles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Over the last number of Summer Schools, it has become increasingly clear that the contents within that article are crucial for the full enjoyment of life. We will explore the emerging jurisprudence on the CRPD, as it relates to the various dimensions of Article 30.

This year’s summer school will build on our learning from 2019’s summer school - Persons with Disabilities and the Right to Family Life, to pay particular attention to the importance of access to culture, recreation and sport for people with disabilities. Information from the 11^th International Disability Law Summer School is available here:

https://www.nuigalway.ie/centre-disability-law-policy/trainingandevents/2019summerschool/

The Summer School seeks to equip participants with the insights and skills necessary to translate the generalities of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities into tangible reform for persons with disabilities. The five day Summer School will take place at the Institute for Lifecourse and Society, National University of Ireland, Galway. We look forward, as usual, to a world-class Faculty and participants from around the globe including persons with disabilities, civil society groups, advocates for disability law reform, academics, lawyers, policy makers and policy analysts. Registration opens in January 2020. More information and draft programme will follow in the coming weeks.

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