Letter to UK Prime Minister from General Secretary Richard Rieser 09.06.20

Dear Boris Johnson, I write to you as the Secretary of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum. We represent the 450 million plus disabled people across the Commonwealth and are very concerned about the loss of human rights demonstrated during the…

Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum COVID 19 Summit held by Video Link 24.04.2020

4 key points from Summit Friday: Lack of PPE for carers and disabled people, not being thought of – particular Personal Assistants and carers not being maintained Food distribution – India did survey 30 states and nothing getting through Communications…

Principles and Statement to Governments on Disabled People and the impact of Pandemic of COVID-19 Coronavirus

The following principles and statement to Governments were agreed by the CDPF Executive Committee 30th March 2020 and provided to help ensure disabled people throughout the Commonwealth are not disadvantaged and have their needs met. Principles Preamble: Human Rights are…

Declaration of relaunch conference, 13th June 2019

Declaration from the newly re-launched Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum We, the delegates of 27 Commonwealth Countries, being representative Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs), attending the re-launch of the Commonwealth Disabled People’s Forum, applaud the adoption of a constitution, work programme and…

Stream: Commonwealth side meeting at Conference of State Parties

Direct link Developing a Unified Voice for Implementation of Disability Rights for DPOs and Persons with Disabilities Across the 53 Commonwealth Countries (COSP12 Side Event) 12 Jun 2019 The Commonwealth promotes democracy and equality across its 53 member countries with…