SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS:
 

Tuesday 20 May 2008  (Day 1: CRPD in Global South)

• Opening Remarks (Word)
  

         Ms. Tuija Brax, Minister of Justice of Finland
 

• Global Development of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PowerPoint)
  

         Mr. Kalle Könkkölä, Executive Director, The Threshold Association

• CRPD in a Nutshell – Article 32 and Beyond (Word)
  

         Mr. Michael Stein, Professor of Law, Harvard Law School, USA
 

• Challenges and Opportunities for Mainstreaming Disability in the Development Agenda (Pdf)

• Abstract (Word)

        Mr. Ronald Wiman, Senior Social Development Advisor, Ministry
        for Foreign Affairs of Finland

• How Development Cooperation Can Facilitate Advocacy for the Implementation of CRPD in Developing countries (Pdf)

         Ms. Tuija Halmari, Executive Director, Finnish Disabled People’s
         International Development Association (FIDIDA)

• Presentation of an Academic Study on Human Rights Based Approach to Disability in Development (PowerPoint)

         Ms. Hisayo Katsui, Senior Researcher, Institute for Human Rights,
         Åbo Akademi University

Wednesday 21 May 2008 (Day 2: CRPD Challenges for the Future)

• Taking Rights Seriously – Impacts of CRPD

         Ms. Jarna Petman, Senior Lecturer of International Law (University of Helsinki); Researher, Erik Castrén Institute of International Law and Human Rights
 

• Survey on the Ratification Processes of CRPD in 7 European States – Outcomes (PowerPoint)
  

• CRPD ratification process in Finland (PowerPoint)
  

         Ms. Satu Sistonen, Legal Officer, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland

• CRPD in the Framework of Human Rights Treaties ? Added Value or Watering Down Existing Standards? (PowerPoint)
  

         Mr. Martin Scheinin, Professor of Constitutional and International Law, Director of the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University 
 

• VIKE - a Defender of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PowerPoint)
  

         Mr. Jukka Kumpuvuori, Researcher, Institute for Human Rights,
         Åbo Akademi University

SEMINAR PHOTOS:
(Photos by Jussi Mankki, Merja Asumaa and Elina Savo)

Minister of Justice Ms. Tuija Brax opened the Seminar

Keynote Speaker Professor Michael Stein, The Harvard Project on Disability, Harvard Law School, USA




















                                                                 

Mr. Ronald Wiman, Senior Social Advisor, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland





















Ms. Tuija Halmari, Executive Director, FIDIDA

From left: Ms. Constance Hambwalula, Ms. Yetnebersh Nigussie and Mr. Ngin Saorath

2nd Day Chairman Mr. Pekka Hätinen,

Professor Michael Stein