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03/04/2015

Autism-Europe President participates in UN World Autism Awareness Day event

Autism-Europe President Zsuzsanna Szilvasy spoke at the United Nations (UN) event in observance [...]

01/04/2015

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expresses support for employment of people with autism

Speaking at the United Nations (UN) event marking World Autism Awareness Day on 2 April 2015, [...]

UN Special Rapporteurs call for an end to discrimination of people with autism

Speaking ahead of World Autism Awareness Day in April 2015, United Nations human rights experts [...]

14/04/2014

New treaty enables children to lodge complaints with UN about rights violations

A new treaty that allows children to complain directly to the United Nations about alleged [...]

20/07/2013

UN’s 6th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD held in New York

This conference meets regularly to consider matters related to the implementation of the [...]

06/12/2012

United Nations General Assembly passes resolution on support for autism

The 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly has passed a resolution in support of [...]

13/07/2012

Children with disabilities more likely to experience violence according to World Health Organisation

Children with disabilities are almost four times more likely to experience violence than other [...]

29/06/2011

Campaign to prevent harmful and unnecessary institutionalisation launched by OHCHR and UNICEF

Two UN organisations have launched a campaign calling on governments in Europe and Central Asia [...]