International Disability Rights
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The American Society of International Law’s International Disability Rights Interest Group (IDRIG) focuses on disability rights, as this issue moves from the margins of international human rights law and policy to occupy a prominent place in the global human rights system with the adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD is moving in the direction of universal signature and already has nearly 100 ratifications, signaling the importance of the treaty to more than 650 million persons with disabilities worldwide. The CRPD has prompted an unprecedented pace of law reform worldwide and the establishment of an inter-agency mechanism to ensure disability inclusion across the United Nations system. The Convention is also markedly shaping the human rights agendas of mainstream human rights organizations as well as international development agencies. The IDRIG works to promote awareness of disability rights as a cross-cutting issue in international law, sponsoring panels and other events at ASIL. Through its online tools and in-person events, IDRIG provides information on recent developments in the field; an opportunity for networking among the rapidly growing numbers of international disability rights academics, practitioners, and advocates; discussion of issues and recent developments in the field; sharing of and collaboration on research; and advancement of the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the work of ASIL. IDRIG also supports, encourages, and provides leadership opportunities to law students and emerging young lawyers in this growing field. Finally, and crucially, IDRIG advances the diversity of ASIL membership and facilitates the accessibility of ASIL to international lawyers with disabilities.
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Officers: |
| Christina Hioureas |
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Treasurer
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| Hope Lewis |
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Co-Chair
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| Stephanie Ortoleva |
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Co-Chair
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