RatifyNow News
The Fight to Ratify the U.N. Disability Rights Treaty: Can the U.S. Both Teach and Learn?
Tuesday, June 17th, 2008The Leadership Conference for Civil Rights, the USA’s largest coalition of civil rights organizations, carried this article about RatifyNow on their website:
Feature Story from civilrights.org
Adina Appelbaum
June 12, 2008
A RatifyNow panel in Washington D.C. on June 3 addressed the need for the United States to ratify an international treaty on disability rights.
RatifyNow is an international nonprofit organization that […]
Congress Urged to Ratify Disability Rights Treaty
Monday, June 2nd, 2008Disability rights leaders will gather in the Capitol on Tuesday, June 3, 2008 to launch their campaign to persuade Congress to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
“The Convention is the first treaty to offer the promise of equality and self-determination to people with disabilities,” said Michele Magar, Executive Director of RatifyNow, […]
RatifyNow Member Wins Presitigious U.S. Disability Rights Advocacy Award
Monday, January 21st, 2008Eric Rosenthal to Receive AAPD’s 2008 Henry B. Betts Award
Reprinted from AAPD’s site
Washington, DC - January 17, 2008 - The American Association of People with Disabilities (AAPD)has bestowed the prestigious 2008 Henry B. Betts Award to Eric Rosenthal, founder and Executive Director of Mental Disability Rights International (MDRI). AAPD announced that Rosenthal is being recognized […]
Advocates Celebrate International Disabled Persons Day by Launching Treaty Ratification Campaign
Sunday, December 2nd, 2007Disability rights advocates are marking December 3, 2007 – International Disabled Persons Day – by launching RatifyNow, a global campaign based in the U.S. to maximize the number of nations that ratify the new Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. RatifyNow (www.RatifyNow.org) is a unique blend of grassroots activists, disability civil rights organizations, […]