Dr. Adolf Ratzka, chair of the Swedish Association ”Law as a Tool for Social Change”
I am here in this panel as the chairperson of the Swedish member association Law as a Tool for Social Change (”Med lagen som verktyg”). Our mission is to raise awareness of our group’s human and civil rights, and to increase our capacity in defending these rights against businesses and government agencies - if necessary in court. Thus, in this panel, my perpective is from the grass-roots level.
Kalle avled den 11 september 2018 vid 68 års ålder. Han var den mest kända personen med funktionsnedsättning i sitt hemland och har som sådan påverkat nationens inställning till funktionshinderfrågor. Vi som var Kalles vänner vet att han verkligen njöt av livet, älskade musiken, konsten och poesin, bra sällskap, goda samtal, bra skämt och god mat.
Independent Living Institute (ILI) works to promote opportunities for disabled people to more personal and political power, self-determination, full participation and equality through information, education, impact work and project activities.
During 2017 ILI worked through several projects to reach its goals and visions described in this document. All the projects have their own webpage, facebook page and disseminate newsletters.
Independent Living Institute (ILI) arbetar för att främja möjligheterna för människor med funktionsnedsättning till mer personlig och politisk makt, självbestämmande, full delaktighet och jämlikhet genom information, utbildning, opinionsbildning och projektverksamhet. Under 2017 verkade ILI via flera projekt för att uppnå sina mål och visioner som beskrivs i detta dokument. Projekten har alla sin webbsida, facebook page och ger ut nyhetsbrev.
Swedish Association of the Deaf, Swedish Youth Association of the Deaf and the non-profit association The law as a tool has submitted a communication to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, requesting the Committee to recognise that Sweden has violated the rights of Richa
Comments from Independent Living Institute (and The Swedish Disability Rights Federation) on the Draft General Comment nr 6 on article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Equality and non-discrimination.
I'm almost 74 years old and have been ILI's director since the organization's start in 1993. Contrary to what you might suspect, my role models have not been Robert Mugabe, Fidel Castro or similar hard-to-remove older gentlemen. For a long time, I have been looking for somebody willing and capable to succeed me as ILI's director, a position where you are expected to raise money for your own salary. Now, finally, I found the right one: Jamie Bolling.
