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Disability Council International (DisabCouncil)
Disability Council International (DisabCouncil) is an innovative non-profit international NGO,based in Geneva (Switzerland) and working to ensure the full realization of the human rights of persons with disabilities. Far too often disability is viewed as a health or charity issue, DisabCouncil believes that persons with disabilities should be viewed as assets for the future of their countries, rather than a burden to avoid.

Disability Council International is an international NGO universal both in membership as well as in its territorial ambit of activities. DisabCouncil works to encourage the universal ratification dissemination and implementation of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, through advocacy and capacity building projects for all nations of the world, the CRPD Committee and UN offices and agencies dealing with disability issues. It closely works with nationally and internationally based civil society organizations and national human rights institutions of all countries of the world.

Its leitmotiv – Working for inclusive and accessible societies for persons with disabilities worldwide!

The Executive board of Disability Council International is composed by the following members: Anna Lachowska, human rights defender, founder and Executive Director; Constance de la Vega, Professor of Human Rights Law, University of San Francisco; William A. Schabas, Professor of International law, Mddlesex University, London; Sheikha Hissa Al-Thani, former UN Special Rapporteur on Disability; Philippe Kirsch, Queen’s Counsel, former President ICC, M. Cherif Bassiouni, Distinguished Research Professor of International Law, DePaul University, Chicago.

Webpage: www.disabilitycouncilinternational.org