Top left: Judy Huemann, Director of the Department on Disability Services.Top right: John Lancaster, Executive Director, National Council on Independent Living.
Bottom second left: Hon. Richard Thornburgh, Of Counsel, K & L Gates, former Attorney General of the United States.
Bottom second right: Akiko Ito, Chief of the UN Programme on Disability for the Division of Social Policy and Development, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Saowalak Thongkuay, Regional Development Officer for Disabled Persons International in Thailand.
Bottom third left: Venus Llagan, former Chairperson of Disabled Persons International in the Philippines.
Two weeks ago, I attended a conference on disability human rights law in Asia at the University of Washington School of Law in Seattle. I learned how the legal framework of the new UN Convention on Disability Rights is applicable in the United States. To learn more about this new Convention, please visit http://www.un.org/disabilities/.
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