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Making our Rights a Reality
Human Rights in the Age of the CRPD
WNUSP General Assembly and Conference
16 - 20 March 2009, Kampala, Uganda Venue:
Pope Paul VI Memorial Hotel - Ndeeba
Block 16, Plot 7867
Cardinal Nsubuga Road - Rubaga, Kampala, Uganda
PROGRAMPre-conference evening March 15 2009Informal gathering: in which to introduce ourselves and to share questions and concerns about the General Assembly and Conference. Day 1 , Monday 16 March 2009
| TIMEFRAME | SPEAKER | EVENT/ACTIVITY | | 08:00 - 09:00 | | Registration | | 09:00 – 09:20 | Daniel Iga Moosa Salie Patricia Athieno | Opening ceremony Welcome and Opening Remarks | | 09:20 – 09:30 | | OUTLINE OF DAY’S EVENTS | | TIMEFRAME | SPEAKER | EVENT/ACTIVITY | | 09:30 - 10:00 10:00 - 10:10 10:10 - 10:30 | Tina Minkowitz Iris Hoelling Moosa Salie To be confirmed | WNUSP General Assembly Part One Report from the board by Co-Chairs Financial Report PLENARY | | 10:30 -11:00 | | TEA | | 11:00 - 12:15 12:15 - 12:45 | to be confirmed “ “ “ “ “ | Reports from regions 1. Europe and Russia 2. Africa and the Middle East 3. North America 4. Latin America 5. Asia and Pacific PLENARY | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | LUNCH | | 14:00 - 14:20 14:20 - 14:35 14:35 - 14:50 14:50 - 15:00 15:00 - 15:30 | Tina Minkowitz Gabor Gombos Amita Dhanda Edah Maina | Keynotes on Convention Introduction and overview of Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) 1. Significance of the CRPD for Users and Survivors of Psychiatry 2. The Right to Participation and a Bottom up Approach 3. How the CRPD Can Strengthen Human Rights Jurisprudence 4. Reflections by a member of the CRPD Monitoring Committee PLENARY | | 15:30 - 16:00 | | TEA | | 16:00 - 17:30 | Amita Dhanda & Gabor Gombos Tina Minkowitz & Hege Orefellen Tristano Ajmone, Dan Hazen & To be confirmed | Workshops on the Convention Key issues from a user/survivor perspective 1. Supported decision-making 2. Ending psychiatric torture 3. Penal system issues | | 18:00 - 19:00 | | DINNER | | 19:30 - | | Evening Meeting with MHU, Users/survivors from Uganda | Day 2 March 17 2009 | TIMEFRAME | SPEAKER | EVENT/ACTIVITY | | 08:50 - 09:00 | | OUTLINE OF DAY’S EVENTS | | 09:00 - 09:20 09:20 - 09:40 09:40 - 10:30 | Moosa Salie Dan Taylor | Keynotes on PANUSP 1. Situation of the user/survivor movement in Africa 2. MindFreedom Ghana an example of an emerging national user/survivor organisation in Africa PLENARY | | 10:30 - 11:00 | | TEA | | 11:00 - 11:20 11:20 -11:40 11:40 - 12:30 | John McCarthy & to be confirmed Daniel Iga & Julius Kayiira | Keynotes Self Determination, Peer Support 1. The full Shilling an example of a home- grown peer support in practice 2. Mental Health Uganda, experiences with self help groups PLENARY | | 12:30 - 13:30 | | LUNCH | | 13:30 - 15:30 | | WNUSP regional meetings Defining needs and important user/survivor issues in the regions Discussion proposals for regional organisations | | 15:30 - 16:00 | | TEA | | 16:00 - 17:30 | Amita Dhanda & Gabor Gombos Tina Minkowitz & Edah Maina Moosa Salie & Jeff Makana | Workshops on Convention Strategies for implementation and monitoring 1. Law Reform 2. Interacting with CRPD Committee 3. Implementation: focusing on the South | | 18:00 - 19:00 | | DINNER | | 19:30 - | | Evening with open exchange, cultural activities | Day 3 March 18 2009 | TIMEFRAME | SPEAKER | EVENT/ACTIVITY | | 08:50 - 09:00 | | OUTLINE OF DAY’S EVENTS | | 09:00 - 09:20 09:20 - 09:40 09:40 - 10:30 | To be confirmed To be confirmed | Keynotes on Alternatives, user/survivor controlled services 1. Berlin Runaway House 2. Traditional community based alternatives to mainstream approaches in India PLENARY | | 10:30 - 11:00 | | TEA | | 11:00 - 11:20 11:20 - 11:40 11:40 - 12:30 | To be confirmed Anne-Marie Robb | Keynotes on User/Suvivor led Research 1. User/Survivor led research 2. Research on the experiences of women with bipolar diagnoses PLENARY | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | LUNCH | | 14:00 - 15:30 | To be confirmed Sam Badege & To be confirmed Karl Bach Jensen | Workshops 1. Good Practices; Alternatives to medical model, traditional healing places 2. First Person Stories 3. How to create user/survivor organisations | | 15:30 - 16:00 | | TEA | | 16:00 - 17:30 | | Breakout discussion groups on Convention 1. How can we use the CRPD at home? 2. How does the CRPD fit into the work of WNUSP and regional organizations? 3. Recommendations for WNUSP Action Plan and any follow-up activities | | 18:00 - 19:00 | | DINNER | | 19:30 - | | Evening Party |
Day 4 March 19 2009 | TIMEFRAME | SPEAKER | EVENT/ACTIVITY | | 08:50 - 09:00 | | OUTLINE OF DAY’S EVENTS | | 09:00 - 10:30 | | Breakout discussion groups Topics: 1. Right to live in the community 2. Employment and other discrimination 3. CRPD as a challenge to mental health laws using the WNUSP CRPD Workbook 4. Strategy of Lobbying work, policies, guidelines of whom to work with 5. Position Paper on ECT and Drugs 6. Conference Resolution drafting group | | 10:30 - 11:00 | | TEA | | | | WNUSP general Assembly Part 2 1. Election of the board 2. Decision about Secretariat 3. Resolutions 4. Decisions 5. Action Plan | | 13:00 - 14:00 | | LUNCH | | 14:00 - 15:30 | | Unfinished Matters Closing Ceremony | | 15:30 - 16:00 | | TEA | | | | Free Time | | 18:00 - 19:00 | | DINNER | Day 5 March 20 2009Field Trips - Visiting projects in Uganda - Details to be announced AFTERNOON - DEPARTURE
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