Interventions at the Conference “Promoting Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Ambitions, Impact and Challenges Ahead”

Transcrip Day 1

Opening remarks

Dimitrios Nikolsky, Chair of the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the rights of people with disabilities (DECS-RPD) (Greece), presentation

Welcome Address

Aodhán Ó Ríordáin TD, Minister of State with special responsibility for Equality, New Communities and Culture and Drugs Strategy (Ireland), presentation
Marja Ruotanen, Director of Human Dignity and Equality, Council of Europe, presentation
Philippe Croizon, Extreme swimmer, columnist and lecturer in the field of persons with disabilities, presentation - only in French

Session 1

Alfredo Ferrante, member of the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the rights of people with disabilities (DECS-RPD) (Italy), powerpoint presentation
Daniela Bas, Director, Division for Social Policy and Development (DSPD), United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), powerpoint presentation
Inmaculada Placencia-Porrero, Deputy Head of Unit for Rights of Persons with Disabilities, European Commission, powerpoint presentation

Session 2

Gerard Quinn, acting Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland), powerpoint presentation
Rannveig Traustadóttir, Professor and Director, Centre for Disability Studies, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Iceland (Iceland), powerpoint presentation
Terje Olsen, Senior Researcher, Nordland Research Institute, Bodø (Norway), presentation

Session 3

Luk Zelderloo, Secretary General, European Association of Service Providers for People with Disabilities (EASPD), powerpoint presentation
J. Patrick Clarke, Chief Executive, Down Syndrome Ireland, Representative of the European Disability Forum (EDF), presentation
Anna Rurka, President of the Conference of the INGOs of the Council of Europe, presentation – only in French

Session 4

Mark Priestley, Professor of Disability Policy, University of Leeds (United Kingdom), powerpoint presentation
Marc Dessy, Project Manager, Centre of Coordination and Management of European programmes (Belgium), powerpoint presentation – in French only
Eilionóir Flynn, acting Director of the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland, Galway (Ireland), powerpoint presentation
Marc Maudinet, Independent Consultant, Pedagogical Director of the Executive Master “management and disability policy” Science Po Executive Education, National Foundation of Political Science, Paris (France), presentation

Transcrip Day 2

Session 5

Adam Harris, Autism Spectrum Information and Meeting Point (AsIAm.ie) (Ireland), presentation
Humberto Insolera, Vice President, European Union of the Deaf (EUD), powerpoint presentation
Gerald Craddock, Chief Officer, Centre for Excellence in Universal Design, National Disability Authority (Ireland), powerpoint presentation

Closing session

Julie O’Leary, Communications professional working with people with intellectual disabilities, Self-advocate as a person with a physical disability, powerpoint presentation
Dimitrios Nikolsky, Chair of the Council of Europe Committee of experts on the rights of people with disabilities (DECS-RPD) (Greece), powerpoint presentation
Helen Guinan, Chairperson of the National Disability Authority of Ireland, presentation
Liri Kopaçi-Di Michele, Head, Equality Division, Directorate of Human Dignity and Equality, Council of Europe, presentation

Rights of Persons with Disabilities