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SU Council backs lobbying for disability convention

TCDSU will be lobbying the government to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

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Trinity College Dublin Students’ Union (TCDSU) passed a motion at SU Council this evening to lobby the government for rights for people with disabilities, and in particular for the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People

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The fight for disability rights in Ireland

Students prepare to protest outside Leinster House this Thursday in favour of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities that has been subject to a 10-year delay

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“Despite having signed the convention in 2007, ratification of the CRPD has been subject to numerous delays”

The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities is the first human rights treaty of the 21st century. The purpose of …