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Summary: Details of side events at the 7th session. Those that are relevant to the rights of children with disabilities are highlighted. NB: registration for side events is now closed.
 Side-events to the Seventh Session of the Ad Hoc Committee 16 January - 03 February 2006 Monday 16 January 2006 Name of Organization: International Disability Caucus Name of Organization: Bizchut - The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities Tuesday 17 January 2006 Name of Organization: Canada, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, MindFreedom Int., Inclusion International, Canadian Association for Community Living Theme: Exercising legal capacity through supported decision-making Name of Organization: World Committee on Disability & Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute Name of Organization: Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations Wednesday 18 January 2006 Name of Organization: Disabled Peoples' International Name of Organization: Rehabilitation International, Save the Children Thursday 19 January 2006 Name of Organization: Interamerican Institute on Disability & Handicap International Theme: The South Project Name of Organization: Yad Sarah Friday 20 January 2006 Name of Organization: The World Bank Name of Organization: Inclusion International Name of Organization: All Japan Association of Hard of Hearing People Monday 23 January 2006 Name of Organization: Rehabilitation International Name of Organization: World Health Organization Name of Organization: Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations Tuesday 24 January 2006 Name of Organization: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Name of Organization: UNESCO Wednesday 25 January 2006 Name of Organization: Disabled Peoples' International Name of Organization: Leonard Cheshire International Thursday 26 January 2006 Name of Organization: Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Name of Organization: Arab Organization of Disabled People Friday 27 January 2006 Name of Organization: BCODP, CSIE, DEE and SCOPE, UK Name of Organization: World Blind Union Monday 30 January 2006 Name of Organization: Arab Organization of Disabled People Name of Organization: The Victor Pineda Foundation Name of Organization: Permanent Mission of Austria to the United Nations Tuesday 31 January 2006 Name of Organization: Rehabilitation International Name of Organization: DESA Wednesday 01 February 2006 Name of Organization: Disabled Peoples' International Name of Organization: The Cambodia Trust Thursday 02 February 2006 Name of Organization: Persons with Pain International, Respectful Interfaces - CCC/UN Name of Organization: Center for International Rehabilitation Friday 03 February 2006 Name of Organization: Little People of Kosovo Â
Theme: Welcome session for new participants in the Ad Hoc Committee Meetings
Speakers: Tina Minkowitz, Maria Reina
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Justice for All? Making the legal process accessible for People with Disabilities
Speakers: Tirza Leibowitz, Neta Dagan
Venue: Conference Room D
Speakers: Marit Rasmussen, Amita Dhanda, Maths Jesperson, Micheal Bach, Myra Kovary, others
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Franklin Delano Roosevelt International Disability Award
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: EU Briefing for NGOs
Speakers: Austrian delegation
Venue: Conference Room 6
Theme: Visibility of Women with Disabilities in the UN Convention
Speakers: Dinah Radtke, Dr. Sigrid Arnade
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Raising the voices of Children and Young People with Disabilities
Speakers: Nazma Akter (Bangladesh, age 15), Nazmul Huda Rubel (Bangladesh, age 16), Nancy McGuire (UK, age 19), Lucia Bellini (UK, age 21), Yao Yue (China, age 18), Shi Yanxia (China, age 26), Gerison Lansdown (Save the Children), Helen Schulte (UNICEF), Tomas Lagerwall (RI)
Venue: Conference Room D
Speakers: Luis Fernando Astorga
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Yad Sarah - Israel's major Humanitarian Organization, goes global
Speakers: Adele Goldberg, Director, Friends of Yad Sarah, New York
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: Alliances for Inclusive Development
Speakers: Disability and Inclusive Development Team
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Self-Advocacy: Unique Perspectives on Inclusion
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: The requests of worldwide hard of hearing and late-deafened people
Speakers: Marcia B. Dugan, others
Venue: Conference Room 9
Theme: Links between HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Disability
Speakers: Dr. Nora Groce (Yale University), Gidion Mandesi (DOLASED-Tanzania), a representative of UNICEF, Michael Fox (RI)
Venue: Conference Room B
Theme: Health (not just medical) as a Fundamental Right of the Disabled
Speakers: Dr. Federico Montero, Dr. Javier Vasquez
Venue: Conference Room 10
Theme: EU Briefing for NGOs
Speakers: Austrian delegation
Venue: Conference Room 8
Theme: Briefing on Current discussions of treaty body reform
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room 10
Theme: The Role of the Convention in Education for All
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room B
Theme: International Cooperation
Speakers: Giampiero Griffo, Dinah Radtke
Venue: Conference Room 10
Theme: Multi-Sectoral Collaboration in Mainstreaming Disability
Speakers: Tjiueza Tjombumbi, Jabulani M. Ncube, Tanya Baron
Venue: Conference Room B
Theme: Discussion on possible options for the monitoring mechanisms
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room 10
Theme: Disabled People in the Arab World: Future Outlook
Speakers: Dr. Nawaf Kabbara
Venue: Conference Room B
Theme: Developing Inclusive Education: Challenging segregation in Education
Speakers: Richard Rieser, Linda Shaw, Tara Flood
Venue: Conference Room B
Theme: Kurzweil National Federation of the Blind Handheld Reading Machine
Speakers: Dr. Marc Maurer, President, National Federation of the Blind
Venue: Conference Room 10
Theme: Disabled Women in the Arab World
Speakers: Ms. Heba Haggras
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Media is the Message: Creating a Disability Media Alliance
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: EU Briefing for NGOs
Speakers: Austrian delegation
Venue: Conference Room 5
Theme: Implementation of the UN Convention
Speakers: Anuradha Mohit (National Human Rights Institute), Gerard Quinn (National University of Ireland – Galway), Michael Stein (Harvard University) and Tomas Lagerwall (RI)
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Work of CEDAW on Women with Disabilities
Speakers: To be announced
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: Disabled Women and the UN Convention
Speakers: Dinah Radtke
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: 400 Million R
Speakers: Chris Moon, Caroline Casey
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: Partnering between Persons with Disabilities and Supportive Allies, Sharing experiences in Tunis
Speakers: Multistakeholder, To be announced
Venue: Conference Room C
Theme: Improving accessibility: Governmental and Civil Society perspectives
Speakers: Renato Boreto, Ministry of Cities, Brazil, others to be announced
Venue: Conference Room D
Theme: Promotion Packet Program of Disability Mentoring Day
Speakers: Hiljmnijeta Apuk
Venue: Conference Room C