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Case Summary and Analysis: J.F.R v. K.L.L, 2024 ONCA 520

July 23, 2024

Case Summary and Analysis: J.F.R v. K.L.L, 2024 ONCA 520…Read More

ARCH’s contribution to “Law-Making Within a Critical Disability Rights Framework” of Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World

April 04, 2024
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ARCH’s contribution to “Law-Making Within a Critical Disability Rights Framework” of Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World…Read More

ARCH’s contribution to “Implementing Policy and Law from a Rights Perspective” of Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World

April 04, 2024
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ARCH’s contribution to “Implementing Policy and Law from a Rights Perspective” of Handbook of Disability: Critical Thought and Social Change in a Globalizing World.…Read More

Paper – “The Influence of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Canadian Jurisprudence in the First Decade Since Its Ratification”

January 09, 2023
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ARCH publishes paper titled “The Influence of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Canadian Jurisprudence in the First Decade Since Its Ratification” To access this paper go to: https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/7781 For the other papers published in this issue, go to: https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/WYAJ…Read More

RESPECTING RIGHTS – Statement to CRPD Committee Consultation on Deinstitutionalization

RESPECTING RIGHTS - Statement to CRPD Committee Consultation on Deinstitutionalization…Read More

Factsheet – CRPD, Optional Protocol and Inquiries

July 08, 2020

What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? This Convention is an international agreement that promotes and protects human rights for persons with disabilities. It is often called the CRPD. The CRPD says that persons with disabilities have the right to be treated equally, make their own decisions, have their rights…Read More

Press Release – ARCH launches OP Lab: Learning, Sharing, Actioning!

December 03, 2019

Launch of the OP Lab, a project that offers the opportunity to learn more about the Optional Protocol and form a Canada-wide network engaged in advancing the CRPD!…Read More

Factsheet – The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Optional Protocol

What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? This Convention is an international agreement that promotes and protects human rights for persons with disabilities. It is often called the CRPD. The CRPD says that persons with disabilities have the right to be treated equally, make their own decisions, have their rights…Read More

Submission – Plain English version of the Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

July 29, 2019

Submission – Canada: Community Organizations and Organizations of People with Disabilities Report on the “List of Issues Prior to Reporting” Plain English* version of: Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities On the List of Issues Prior to Reporting [Canada] to be adopted during the 22nd…Read More

Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

July 26, 2019

On the List of Issues Prior to Reporting [Canada] to be adopted during the 22nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ARCH and numerous disability organizations and groups prepared a submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“Committee”) on July 26, 2019.  The submission…Read More

Submission – Canadian Civil Society Parallel Report Group Submission to UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017)

March 20, 2017
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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international human rights law which protects and promotes the rights of persons with disabilities. Canada ratified the CRPD in 2010. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a group of independent experts who monitor the implementation of the CRPD.…Read More

Submission – ARCH’s Submission on the Government of Canada’s Accession to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2017)

March 15, 2017
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ARCH’s submission to Review of Canada’s Accession to the United Nations Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).  The Optional Protocol (OP) provides two procedures by which the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can oversee implementation of Convention rights: a complaints procedure for individuals on violations…Read More

Paper – Inclusive Education: Opportunities for Redesign, 2010

April 15, 2010

This paper was written for 2010 CAPSLE Conference in Calgary on Inclusive Education and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In 2010, Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), affirming its commitment to inclusive education. In this paper, ARCH discusses universal design as…Read More



July 23, 2024