Organizational partners and representatives

Algeria

 

AWARE project

Kuhu Das – Subhi Association for Women with Disabilities
Normand Boucher – Laval University
Annie Bunting – York University
Rachel Gorman – York University
Cameron Graham – York University
Thomas Klassen – York University
Emile Tompa – Institute for work and health, Centre for Research on Work Disability Policy
Pavan Kumar – Swadhikaar Centre for Disabilities Inforamation, Research and Resource Development
Shudarson Subedi – National Federation of the Disabled Nepal
Abdus Sattar Dulal – Bangladesh Prodibandi Kallyan Somity (BPKS)

Bosnia

Nataša Maroš – MyRight, Project coordinator
Binasa Goralija – My Right
Lejla Somun-Krupalija – Rapporteur
Fikret Zuko – Blind Association of Sarajevo Canton
Suvad Zahirović – Information Centre for Persons with Disabilities “Lotos”
Zoran Dobraš – Coordinating Council of DPOs of the Republika Srpska
Adisa Pamuk – DPO Coalition of Sarajevo
Jasminko Bijelić – DPO Coalition of Tuzla
Jasna Rebac – DPO Coalition of Mostar
Jelena Mišić – DPO Coalition of Doboj
Milorad Jović  – DPO Coalition of Bijeljina
Amira Krehić – BiH Ombudsman’s Office
Muhamed Braco Džemidžić – Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in BiH
Srđan Dizdarević – Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in BiH

Colombia

Salam Gomez – Fundamental Colombia
Natalia Angel Cabo – Andes University
Ana Fisher – Riadis
Ximena Serpa – Riadis
Alirio Hernández – National Lawyers Organization
Rodrigo Fredes – Latinamerican network of psychosocial disability

Expanding the Circle

Sandi Bell – Human Rights Commissioner
Yvonne Bohr – LaMarsh Centre for Child and Youth Research
Sandra Carpenter – Centre for Independent Living Toronto
Larry Frost – Native Canadian Centre of Toronto
Harvey Goldberg – Canadian Human Rights Commission
Rebecca Gowan – Canadian Human Rights Commission
Skip Gryschuk – Grand Council Treaty #3
Archie Indoe – Historic Saugeen Metis
Pat McArthur – Historic Saugeen Metis
Cindy Zarkycki – Historic Saugeen Metis
Patricia Lamotte – OPHQ
Don Shakel – Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre
Steve Teekens – Nameres–Native Men’s Residence
Sandra Carpenter – Centre for Independent Living Toronto
Douglas Durst – University of Regina
Cyndy Baskin – Ryerson University, School of Social Work
Celia Haig-Brown – York University
Nancy Davis Halifax – York University
Jon Johnson – York University
David McNab – York University
Debbie Lipscome – Grand Council Treaty #3

Honduras

Daisy Xiomara de la Cruz – Federación Nacional de Organismos de Personas con Discapacidad de Honduras (FENOPDIH)
Edil Bautista Funes Moradel – Federación Nacional de Organismos de Personas con Discapacidad de Honduras (FENOPDIH)
Enrique Norambuena – Riadis

Macedonia

Vladimir Lazovski – Open the Windows
Vesna Jovanova – Open the Windows
Daniela Stojanovska-Dzingovska – Association of Students and Youth with Disability (ASYD), Skopje, R. Macedonia
Biljana Manevska – Open the Windows, Veles
Ifraim Ljuta – Active Life, Tetovo, R. Macedonia
Zvonko Savrevski – Polio Plus, Skopje

Moldova

Igor Meriacre – Association Motivation
Elena Ratoi – Association Motivation
Ana Zincov – Association for support for children with physical disabilities
Valentina Pavlov – Association Motivation
Ecaterina Surdu – Association Motivation
Tatiana Seredenco – Associatino „AZI“

Nepal

Birendra Raj Pokharel – Federation of the Disabled-Nepal (NFDN)
Ashrafun Nahar Misti – Bangladesh Protibandhi kallyan Somity (BPKS)
Channtey Heng – The Cambodain Disabled Peoples’ Organization (CDPO)

New Zealand

Rachel Noble – Disabled Persons Assembly
Petra Butler – Victoria University of Wellington

Portugal

 

Serbia

Goran Lončar – Centre for Society Orientation (COD)
Sonja dr Vasić
Aleksandra Panović – South-Backa District Association of Muscular Dystrophy
Gorjana Gordić – Association Talos
Radovan Radulović – Association Will for Life
Iva Danilović – Belgrade Center for Human Rights
Ana Pavlović – National Association of Blind

Serbia – Accessible Elections

Iva Danilović – Belgrade Center for Human Rights
Desanka Žižić – Association of Serbian Sign Language Interpreters
Biljana Janjić – Mental Disability Rights Initiative – Serbia
Jelena Avramović – NDI
Vesna Nestorović – Association White Cane
Vidan Danković – Accessibility Audit Association
Radovan Radulović – Association Will for Life
Mihailo Gordić – Belgrade’s organization of Deaf
Ana Pavlović – National Blind Association

South Africa

The South African Disability Alliance (SADA): A Consortium of 12 DPOs
Mr. Jace Nair, Project Leader – South African National Council for the Blind
Bonglwe Malope – Country Coordinator (2010-2013)
Sipho Nkosi – Country Coordinator (2013-2014)
Helene Combrinck – Centre for Disability Law and Policy (CDLP), University of the Western Cape
Harry Swart – National Council for Persons with Physical Disabilities in South Africa (NCPPDDSA)
Jabu Dikgale – Downs Syndrome South Africa
Surprise Makgope – Department of Women, Children and PWDs

Vietnam

Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen –  Mount Saint Vincent and York University, Canada; Dr. Claudia Mitchell – McGill University
Dr. Naydene de Lange –  Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa,
Ms. Nguyen Thi Lan Anh – Action to Community Development Center, Viet Nam

Yukon

 

Organizational partners and representatives (Phase Two)

Monitoring Individual Experiences

Australia

• Maryanne Diamond, Australian Federation of Disability Organizations (AFDO)
• Jan Ashford, Communication Rights Australia (CAUS)

Bolivia

• Jaime Estivariz, Bolivian Confederation of Persons with Disabilities (COBOPDI)
• Teclo Gonzalez, Departmental Federation of Persons with Disabilities (La Paz) (FEDEPDI)
• Carlos Cortez, Crucena Federation of Persons with Disabilities (FECRUPDI)
• Maria-Andrea Echazu, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

Cameroon

• Elly Macha, African Union of the Blind (AFUB)
• Paul Tezanou, Cameroon National Association of the Blind (ANAC)
• Mana Boungani, Cameroon National Association of Disabled Women
• Alphonse Ntep, Cameroon National Association of the Deaf
• Georgette Nlang, Cameroon National Association of Lepers
• Simone Tezon, Cameroon National Association of the Physically Disabled
• Eva Etongue, Cameroon National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms (NCHRF)
• Erik Staaf, Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF)

Canada

• John Rae, Alliance for Equality of Blind Canadians (AEBC)
• Alex Neve, Amnesty International Canada
• Tracy Walters, Canadian Association of Independent Living Centres (CAILC)
• Sandra Carpenter, Centre for Independent Living – Toronto (CILT)
• Normand Boucher, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation & Social Integration (CIRRIS), University of Laval
• Laurie Beachell, Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD)
• Steven Estey, Disabled Peoples International (DPI)
• Barbara Anello, DisAbled Women’s Network – Ontario (DAWN)
• Ian Hamilton, Equitas
• Jason Mitschele, National Educational Association of Disabled Students (NEADS)
• Isabel Killoran, York University

Croatia

• Danko Buturac, Croatian Association of the Blind (CAB) Croatian
• Branko Bizjak, Associations of Persons with Disabilities (SOIH)
• Mirjana Dobranovic, Croatian Union of Physically Disabled Persons Association (CUPDA)
• Ljiljana Igric, University of Zagreb
• Lelia Kiš-Glavaš, University of Zagreb

India (Andhra Pradesh)

• Bilal Nazki, Andhra Pradesh State Legal Services Authority
• N. Beena, Asmita Resource Centre for Women
• Ranbir Singh, Centre for Culture, Law and Society (C-CLS), NALSAR University of Law
• Kalpana Kannabiran, Centre for Culture, Law and Society (C-CLS), NALSAR University of Law
• Manisha Agarwal, Communication Resource Centre (Hyderabad)
• M. Rajendra, Leonard Cheshire International – South Asia Programme
• T.C. Sivakumar, National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH)
• Govinda Rao, Swadhikaar Centre for Disabilities Information, Research & Resource Development
• M. Pavan Kumar, Swadhikaar Centre for Disabilities Information, Research & Resource Development

Kenya

• Elly Macha, African Union of the Blind (AFUB)
• Monica Mbaru, Kenya Union of the Blind (KUB)
• Michael Ngunyi, Kenyan Centre for Disability Rights Education and Advocacy (CREAD)
• Kithure Kindiki, University of Nairobi, Faculty of Law
• George Otieno Ochich, Moi University, Faculty of Law
• Erik Staaf, Swedish Association of the Visually Impaired (SRF)

Philippines

• Pete Manio, Katipunan Ng Maykapansanan sa Pilipinas, Inc (KAMPI)
• Ihna Figueroa, Katipunan Ng Maykapansanan sa Pilipinas, Inc (KAMPI)
• Venus Ilagan, Katipunan Ng Maykapansanan sa Pilipinas, Inc (KAMPI)
• Dennis Ilagan, Cerebral Palsied Association of the Philippines
• Emmanuel Galang, Philippine Federation of the Deaf
• Pedro Caong, Philippines Blind Union
• Flory Valdez, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (members of soon-to-be-established Filipino affiliate)

Sweden

• Maryanne Rönnersten, Swedish Disability Federation (HSO)
• Annika Åkerberg, Swedish Disability Federation (HSO)

Monitoring Systems (Laws, Policies, Programs)

Dataset Monitoring

• Cameron Crawford, Canadian Association for Community Living (CALC)
• Patrick Fougeyrollas, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS)
• John Rietschlin, Office for Disability Issues – Government of Canada
• Susan Stobert, Statistics Canada – Government of Canada

Legal Education and Research

• LeeAnn Basser, LaTrobe University
• Kalpana Kannibiran, NALSAR University of Law (Hyderabad, India)
• Arlene Kanter, Syracuse University (Syracuse, USA)
• S. Weir, University of Essex (Colchester, UK)
• Angela Laycock, University of Greenwich (London, England)
• Selina Goulbourne, University of Greenwich (London, England)
• Anna Lawson, University of Leeds (Leeds, England)
• Kithure Kindiki, University of Nairobi (Nairobi, Kenya)
• Oleksandra Baglay, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada)
• Joan Gilmore, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada)
• Roxanne Mykitiuk, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada)
• Lora Patton, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University (Toronto, Canada)

National Human Rights Institutions

• Kieren Fitzpatrick, Asia-Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions (Sydney, Australia)
• Christian Courtis, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) (Geneva)

Strategic Litigation

• Andrea Coomber, Interights (London, England)
• Fiona Given, Interights (London, England)
• Christian Courtis, International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)

Systemic Monitoring Template

• Ivana Petricone, ARCH – Legal Resource Centre for People with Disabilities (Toronto, Canada)
• Ian Fine, Canadian Human Rights Commission (CHRC)
• Normand Boucher, Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration (CIRRIS)
• LeeAnn Basser, LaTrobe University (Bundoora, Australia)
• Kalpana Kannibiran, NALSAR University of Law (Hyderabad, India)
• Eric Meunier, Office des personnes handicapées du Québec – Government of Quebec, Canada
• Vangelis Nikias, Office for Disability Issues – Government of Canada
• Anna Bruce, Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law, University of Lund (Lund, Sweden)
• R. Watts, RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia)
• Michael Salvaris, RMIT University (Melbourne, Australia)
• Simon Walker, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Adrianna Zarralaqui, United Nations, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) (Geneva, Switzerland)
• Kithure Kindiki, University of Nairobi (Nairobi, Kenya)
• Michael Prince, University of Victoria (Victoria, Canada)
• Roxanne Mykitiuk, York University (Toronto, Canada)

Monitoring Societal Attitudes

Canada

Panel of Experts

• Sheyfali Saujani, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Canada)
• Ing Wong Ward, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Toronto, Canada)
• Steve Trumper, Ryerson University (Toronto, Canada)
• Daniel Drache, York University (Toronto, Canada)
• Geoffrey Reaume, York University (Toronto, Canada)

Researchers

• Raymond Cohen, Canadian Abilities Foundation (CAF)
• Andrew Laing, Cormex Research

International

Panel of Experts

• Ezra Zubrow, State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, USA)
• Joseph Woelfel, State University of New York at Buffalo (Buffalo, USA)
• Karin Ljuslinder, Umeå University (Umeå, Sweden)
• Marcia Rioux, York University (Toronto, Canada)

Researchers

• Catalina Devandez, Disability Rights Activist
• Anna Bergholtz, Journalist and Disability Rights Activist (Sweden)
• Patrick Watson, Journalist (Toronto, Canada)
• Michael Ngunyi, Kenyan Centre for Disability Rights Education and Advocacy (CREAD) (Nairobi, Kenya)
• Beth Haller, Towson University (Baltimore, USA)
• Vinod Pavarala, University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India)