by Shannon Bell | Jul 21, 2022 | News
The Spirit of Queensland is a regional rail service providing five return services a week between Brisbane and Cairns. They are seeking participants with a lived experience of disability, carers for people with lived experience of disability and/or advocates from the...
by Shannon Bell | Jul 20, 2022 | Past Events
Australian online side event to the 15th CoSP to the CRPD Event Details Date – 17/16/2022Time – 8:00 am – 9:00 am (AEST)Location – Online People with disability are over-represented in all sites of detention and are at greater risk of...
by Shannon Bell | Jul 4, 2022 | Submission
At the 15th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), QAI learned about the CRPD Committee’s Draft Guidelines on Deinstitutionalisation, including in emergencies. These guidelines are very welcome...
by Shannon Bell | Jun 16, 2022 | Media Release, News
While the Australian Civil Society Delegation is in New York attending the 15th Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the opening statement from Public Hearing 24 on inclusive education has been...
by Shannon Bell | Jun 16, 2022 | News, Submission
QAI made an intervention to the 15th Conference of States Parties (CoSP) General Debate, highlighting our concerns regarding risks to people with disability in closed environments and the inherent inability of closed environments to keep people safe from Covid-19...
