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Despite her fame and fortune, pop singer Britney Spears is stuck in a conservatory that she just can't shake off. Under the Virginia Code, a conservatory is established when an appointed person becomes…

Disability rights groups in South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit against state leaders and local school districts on Aug. 24 challenging the June 2021 budget reservation that bans counties from using state…

One of the most serious consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic has been the disruption of children's education worldwide with the closure of schools for public health reasons. Projections from UNESCO Institute for Statistics show that nearly…

Disability rights groups in South Carolina filed a federal lawsuit against state leaders and local school districts on Aug. 24 challenging the June 2021 budget reservation that bans counties from using state…

The committee observed a minute's silence in memory of the late committee expert Soumia Amrani from MoroccoThe Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its examination of France's first report after its experts…

NYLPIs Disability team has recently started working with organizations like Synergia NY, the Community, Inclusion and Development Alliance, AHRC New York, and the Guide for thinking people to autism, as well as the office of the NYC Public…

JACKSON, miss. (WLBT) - Disability Rights Mississippi (DRMS) has filed a lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) for inhumane and discriminatory conditions and practices in correctional facilities.In the complaint…

Advocacy accountability for the disabled community is underway through the Department of Justice. Last week the DOJ settled a proxy suit with New Jersey state and state officials. That deal came in time for the upcoming…

VANCOUVER - BC Human Rights Court dismissed a complaint by a woman who argued that a jeweler discriminated against her by refusing to serve her when she refused to put on a face mask. The complainant, Shera Rael, was…

Of PTI NEW DELHI: The government has excluded certain institutions from the scope of the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Section 2016, which, according to the Official Gazette, provides for the…