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How to Use International Complaints to Challenge Institutionalization under the CRPD

In this webinar, organized by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI), speakers from across the disability rights movement shared practical experiences of using CRPD mechanisms to challenge institutionalization, expose systemic rights violations, and push for accountability.

Through examples from Mexico, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Taiwan, the discussion highlighted how state reviews, inquiries, individual communications, and other CRPD pathways can support advocacy, strategic litigation, and broader movement-building efforts.

A key message echoed throughout the webinar was that institutionalization is not just about a place; it is about control, segregation, and the denial of choice and autonomy. Challenging institutionalization therefore, requires addressing the laws, policies, and systems that continue to restrict the rights of persons with disabilities.

The webinar also underscored the critical role of OPDs and grassroots advocates in documenting violations, gathering evidence, and using international human rights mechanisms to drive change at the national level.

🎥 Click here to access the recording and relevant documents: https://gc-di.org/latest-news/

We thank all speakers, participants, and our GC-DI members for contributing to this rich and timely discussion.

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How to Use International Complaints to Challenge Institutionalization under the CRPD

In this webinar, organized by the Global Coalition on Deinstitutionalization (GC-DI), speakers from across the disability rights movement shared practical experiences of using CRPD mechanisms to challenge institutionalization, expose systemic rights violations, and push for accountability.

Through examples from Mexico, Hungary, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Taiwan, the discussion highlighted how state reviews, inquiries, individual communications, and other CRPD pathways can support advocacy, strategic litigation, and broader movement-building efforts.

A key message echoed throughout the webinar was that institutionalization is not just about a place; it is about control, segregation, and the denial of choice and autonomy. Challenging institutionalization therefore, requires addressing the laws, policies, and systems that continue to restrict the rights of persons with disabilities.

The webinar also underscored the critical role of OPDs and grassroots advocates in documenting violations, gathering evidence, and using international human rights mechanisms to drive change at the national level.

🎥 Click here to access the recording and relevant documents: https://gc-di.org/latest-news/

We thank all speakers, participants, and our GC-DI members for contributing to this rich and timely discussion.

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TCI is participating in the side event “Lessons from 20 Years of CRPD Advocacy: How Do We Rethink Partnerships Between International Organisations, Governments and Advocates to Achieve Change?”

Twenty years after the adoption of the CRPD, this discussion will reflect on key lessons from disability rights advocacy, exploring both successes and challenges in advancing implementation. The event will examine how stronger partnerships between organizations of persons with disabilities, governments, and international actors can help shape the next chapter of the disability rights movement.

🎥 Watch live: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1h/k1h5do2edx

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TCI is participating in the side event “Disability-Based Violence: Strategies, Practices and Guidelines.”

Disability-based violence remains a widespread yet often overlooked human rights issue. This discussion brings together diverse stakeholders to examine emerging guidance, share experiences from different regions, and explore practical strategies for preventing and addressing violence against persons with disabilities through laws, policies, and institutional change.

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TCI is participating in the side event “Disability and Democracy – 20 Years of the CRPD: From Rights on Paper to Rights in Practice.”

Twenty years after the CRPD, persons with disabilities continue to face barriers to civic and political participation. This discussion will explore how disability rights are deeply connected to democracy, human rights, and inclusive development, and what is needed to ensure persons with disabilities can fully participate as rights-holders and agents of change.

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TCI is participating in the side event “Upholding the Rights of Marginalized Groups of Persons with Disabilities, Including Women with Disabilities, Underrepresented Groups, and Intersectional Identities.”

This important discussion will explore the human rights challenges faced by marginalized disability communities, including persons with psychosocial disabilities, women with disabilities, and people with intersecting identities. The event will highlight strategies to address discrimination, violence, exclusion, and barriers to participation while advancing the implementation of the CRPD and the UN Guidelines on Deinstitutionalization.

🎥 Watch live: https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1l/k1lmatqixp

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TCI is joining partners for the side event “Deinstitutionalisation of People with Disabilities: 20 Years of the UNCRPD – From Rights on Paper to Community-Based Reality.”

Twenty years after the adoption of the CRPD, many persons with disabilities continue to face institutionalisation, exclusion, and barriers to independent living. This discussion will reflect on progress made, ongoing challenges, and the actions needed to make community inclusion a reality for all.

This side event is hosted by the Australian Federation of Disability Organisations (AFDO), Australian Disability and Development Consortium (ADDC), TCI Global, Psychiatric Survivors Association Fiji, CBM Australia and co-hosted with Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

Click here to register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/eHPtuyyiSgS6nBc9XVKyaQ

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Today, TCI is participating in the side event “Safe Spaces, Everywhere: Centering Women and Young Persons with Disabilities in Ending Gender-based Violence in the Physical and Digital World.”

As we mark 20 years of the CRPD, this discussion organized by Women Enabled International, UNFPA, and Government of Spain, highlights the urgent need for disability-inclusive approaches to preventing and responding to gender-based violence, both online and offline, while advancing the rights, safety, and autonomy of women and young persons with disabilities.

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TCI is heading to COSP19! 🌍

From June 8-11, 2026, we’ll be at the 19th Session of the Conference of the States Parties to the CRPD, represented by our diverse members from across regions, bringing a wide range of grounded experiences and perspectives of persons with psychosocial disabilities to the global stage.

Our week includes official statements at the Civil Society Forum, on strengthening care and support systems to ensure the empowerment, autonomy, and independence of all persons with disabilities. Roundtables on exploitation, violence and abuse for all persons with disabilities, and civic participation; hosting a side event; partnering in other sessions; and speaking engagements across all four days.

It’s our members who are in these rooms, at those mics, and in those conversations, ensuring our constituency is seen, heard, and centered.
Join us as we contribute to global discussions and work alongside members, partners, and disability rights leaders from around the world to advance the implementation of the CRPD.

Swipe through to see where you can connect with TCI during COSP19.

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