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Human Rights Forum on the rights of the people with disabilities

On 25 November, FRA spoke about the impact of the pandemic on people with disabilities. It drew from its Fundamental Rights Report 2021.

The virtual presentation was part of the 3rd Human Rights Forum on the Rights of people with disabilities co-organised by the University of Thessaloniki’s Centre for European Legal Culture, the Greek National Commission for Human Rights (GNCHR) the Greek NHRI, the Prefecture of Central and the municipality of Thessaloniki and the Bar Association of Thessaloniki.

The two-day Forum brought together policy and government officials, academics, experts from the Council of Europe and the EU, representatives of organisations of people with disabilities and representatives of local authorities who discussed the legal and policy framework for protecting people with disabilities at international, regional and national level.