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177 - Enabling Human Rights for All, Burton Blatt Institute, USA
CONTACT
Burton Blatt Institute, Syracuse University together with University of Minnesota Human Rights Center, Harvard Law
School Project on Disability, Advocating Change Together
Ms. Janet Lord
USA
+1 443 416 1215
OVERALL GOAL /MISSION
The overall objective of this dynamic human rights educaiton project is to equip persons with disabilities and DPOs to
promote disability rights education and advocacy through participatory, active learning methods and high quality CRPD-
focused content. The aim was to create a flexible and adaptable yet comprehenivse curricullum centered on core
concepts in the UN Disability Convention. Each chapter stands alone and may be read and used independently according
to the needs of the reader. The Manual includes the following three main sections:
 Understanding Disability as a Human Right;
 The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; and
 Advocacy! Taking Action for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Annexes include tips for facilitating learning
sessions, primary human rights documents (in original and easy read versions).
Exercises are easy to run and provide step-by-step instructions for facilitators so that stakeholders can very actively
engage with the CRPD and work on using it as an advocacy tool. It draws upon the experience of numerous educators
and organizations, illustrating effective advocacy practices and distilling their accumulated insights into participatory
exercises. Easy to read, use and photocopy and available online (open source) and in CD rom, the Manual is designed as
both a reference and a tool. Each chapter stands alone and may be read and used independently according to the needs
of the reader.
THE SOLUTION THAT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED
The project provides a methodology and core content for running disability rights education trainings for a wide variety
of audiences, from grassroots DPOs to national government decision makers. The model is highly flexible and adaptable
to local circumstances, provides examples from around the world, and can be used in diverse educational contexts from
law schools to informal, grassroots workshops, to electoral commissions and national human rights commissions, to
mixed audiences with stakeholders from DPOs and government.