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 2010. August 03.
Third session of the Conference of States Parties
Information Note on the Third session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. more


2010. July 30.


FROM SPAIN TO BELGIUM: THE DISABILITY INTERGROUP EXPLORES THE JOB YET TO BE DONE
In the whilst of latest European warm wave, slightly before the European Parliament summer break, the Disability Intergroup held two meetings to sum up the achievements of the Spanish Presidency leaving office, and the challenges ahead for the incoming Belgian Presidency. Early July, a second meeting in Strasbourg focused on violence against women with disabilities. Ana Pelaez, one of the leaders of the European disability movement reminded the growing rate of violence against woman with disabilities in the EU. more


2010. July 26.


Astronaut Caldwell Dyson Sends Sign Language Message From Space Station
The International Space Station has had guests from all over the world, representing myriad languages. But until NASA astronaut Tracy Caldwell Dyson came aboard, one language was still not represented. Said to be the fourth most commonly used language in the United States, American Sign Language, or ASL, made its debut on the space station in a special video recorded by Caldwell Dyson. more



By thinking together it can be changed
As the president of the Disability Intergroup hungarian Deaf Mep Adam Kósa was intvited to participate on the Informal Meeting of Ministers responsible for disability policies. The meeting organised by the Spanish Presidency of the European Union took place in Zaragoza (Spain) on 19th May 2010. The aim of this meeting was to learn the current situation of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the contributions of the new European Disability Strategy. /Adam Kósa’s press release/ more

Human rights in the world – taking stock of 2009
Human rights is a key issue for the European Parliament and MEPs Monday took a first look at what the European Union did last year, when they discussed the EU annual report on human rights in the world. MEPs remain concerned about the consistency and coherence of EU action. more

21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf
The 21st International Congress on Education of the Deaf (ICED) will be held in Vancouver, Canada from July 18 to 22, 2010. Educators and researchers in Deaf education have met regularly since their inaugural conference held in Paris in 1878 to discuss various issues in Deaf education. In the second ICED conference in Milan in 1880, the congress passed a number of resolutions that have had a lasting and negative effect on the education and lives of millions of Deaf people across the world, in particular, by removing the use of sign language from educational programs promoting strict adherence to a oralist education. more

ACTION TIME: THE DISABILITY MOVEMENT URGES THE EU TO WALK THE TALK NOW
The 14th Annual General Assembly of the European Disability Forum (EDF) was marked by the adoption of the emergency resolution on the economic crisis in Europe and the need to adopt long term policies, in particular the adoption of the Disability Pact as part of the Europe 2020 strategy. more

Forecasting the EU labour market in 2020
There could be as much as 10 million fewer jobs in the EU over the next decade as a result of the current economic crisis, though employment levels in the EU are expected to recover so that they almost reach 2008 levels by 2020. more

Mr Adam Kosa: "Let the sign language be one of the official languages of the EU!" Mr Adam Kosa candidate-MEP, who would pronounce the sign language of the deaf as one of the official languages of the EU, was introduced in the New Reformed College in Kecskemet, Hungary. more
2010. February 11.
MEP Ádám Kósa speaks to Independent Living News! Hungarian lawyer, Ádám Kósa, is the first deaf person and sign language user to be elected to the European Parliament. On top of this success in June 2009, he has also recently been nominated as President of the European Parliament's Disability Intergroup. The re-established Intergroup was launched with a New Year's Cocktail in Brussels on the 27th of January. At the launch, the Intergroup also presented the Disability Pact for 2011 - 2021, proposed by the European Disability Forum (EDF). MEP Ádám Kósa has answered the following questions for readers of Independent Living News!



2010. May 20.
Equal opportunities
By thinking together it can be changed As the president of the Disability Intergroup hungarian Deaf Mep Adam Kósa was intvited to participate on the Informal Meeting of Ministers responsible for disability policies. The meeting organised by the Spanish Presidency of the European Union took place in Zaragoza (Spain) on 19th May 2010. The aim of this meeting was to learn the current situation of the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and the contributions of the new European Disability Strategy. /Adam Kósa’s press release/
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