The Open Society Mental Health Initiative

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Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Open Society Fellowship
September 08, 2010 Asia-Pacific Regional Officer, Disability Rights Promotion International
September 15, 2010 e-Learning Short Courses, Human Rights Education Associates
September 15, 2010 Legal Trainee, European Roma Rights Centre (ERRC)
September 15, 2010 Call For Proposals: EU Programme "Criminal Justice"
September 17, 2010 'Together Against Discrimination' Journalist Competition
September 17, 2010 Training Of Legal And Policy Practitioners On The UN Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities, European Commission
September 19, 2010 Thematic Researcher On Discrimination In Europe, Amnesty International
September 21, 2010 Call For Tender, Data Collection And Research Services On Fundamental Rights Issues, European Union Funding
September 30, 2010 Call For Papers, Disability And Ageing
October 01, 2010 Communications Internship, European Disability Forum
October 15, 2010 Paid Traineeships For People With Disabilities, European Parliament
Not given Director of International Resource Development, Perkins School for the Blind
Not Given Director, Perkins International Program, Perkins School For The Blind
Various Stakeholder Submissions for NGOs: 10th, 11th, 12th Session Of The UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review (UPR)
Various Call For Proposals: Youth In Action Programme 2010 (EU Funding)
No deadline New Funding Opportunities To Promote Inclusion of People With Disabilities in Development Activities
Not Given Obama Administration Looks to Fill Multiple Job Vacancies - People With Disabilities Needed!
Not Given Call for Disability Experts, International Labour Organization (ILO)
Not Given Views From The Frontline (Assessment of Hyogo Framework for Disaster Reduction) - Call For Participating Organisations

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Highlights

1) Dumping Grounds For Forgotten People

An investigation by Bulgarian journalist Yana Buhrer Tavanier on the mental care institutions in Bulgaria, Romania and Serbia.   

Please visit the website dedicated to the investigation and view the new promotional video.


Judith Klein, director of the OSMHI (Open Society Mental Health Initiative) has written a foreword to the article, which appears in the newsletter of the European Coalition for Community Living, Issue No. 10, October 2009 and also on the investigation website.


2) Report of the Ad Hoc Expert Group on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care

A report on the Transition from Institutional to Community-based Care was handed over to Commissioner Vladimír ?pidla on September 23, 2009. The report was drafted by a group of independent experts convened by Commissioner Spidla in February 2009 to address the issues of institutional care reform in their complexity.  The report is also available in Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, Romanian.

Films

Karin Dom - a training and resource centre for children with special needs and their families

This short film was made following a BBC production about a children's institution in Mogilino, Bulgaria. The film features MHI partner organization Karin Dom and highlights what community-based alternatives for children can be like in Bulgaria.

UN Disability Convention

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities received its 20th ratification on April 3, 2008, triggering the entry into force of the Convention and its Optional Protocol on May 3, 2008. This marks a major milestone in the effort to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity.

Information on the convention process:
Convention in Easy to Read
View the list of signatories
Countries that have ratified the Convention
ICRPD Ratification Toolkit
Convention and Inclusive Education
View more information

 

News reports on the Convention:
Agreement on New UN Convention
Urging Implementation
Archive Webcast: Convention Signing 
Record Number of Countries Sign
Secretary-General Ban Hails Entry Into Force Of Treaty On Disability Rights
More news reports

Publications:
UN Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
First Implementation Manual For The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities (Addressed Specifically To Users And Survivors Of Psychiatry)


Ratify Now (The campaign to support global grassroots efforts to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities).

Films about Inclusion

Foster Care for Children with Disabilities: English ** Russian

I Want to Work and I Can Work!

Living Proof: The right to live in the community

Reality - film on personal assistance

Being an Unperson. A short film about the experience of dehumanization within the care system.

In My Language. A short film about autism and nonverbal communication.

A Way of Describing Autism. A short film by Dave Spicer and Amanda Baggs.

Equalise It!

A Manifesto for Disability Equality in Development Cooperation

The international committee of UK Disabled People's Council (formerly BCODP) has written this manifesto in the light of the signing of the UN Convention on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 

To read the campaign launch letter, please click here.

Organisations who wish to sign up to the Manifesto are asked to contact Bill Albert or Mark Harrison so that their name and logo can be added to the list of signatories.