/newsroom/taxonomy/term/1728/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-international-day-persons-disabilities-december-3-353172 <p><!-- x-tinymce/html -->Since its proclamation in 1992 by the United Nations General Assembly in resolution 47/3, the United Nations International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) has been celebrated annually on 3 December around the world. The observance of the IDPD aims to promote an understanding of disability issues and to mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. (<a href="https://social.desa.un.org/issues/disability/events/2023-international-day-of-persons-with-disabilities-idpd">United Nations</a>)</p> <p><!-- x-tinymce/html --></p> Thu, 30 Nov 2023 15:57:42 +0000 keila.depape@mcgill.ca 307498 at /newsroom /newsroom/patrick-wight Mon, 30 Jan 2023 06:09:20 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288862 at /newsroom /newsroom/cindy-blackstock Fri, 06 Aug 2021 18:21:04 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 271899 at /newsroom /newsroom/pearl-eliadis Tue, 15 Dec 2020 18:34:14 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 253323 at /newsroom /newsroom/keiko-shikako-thomas Mon, 27 Jan 2020 21:03:55 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 198198 at /newsroom /newsroom/frederic-megret Mon, 27 Jan 2020 17:17:31 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 198180 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-dutch-high-court-decision-reduced-carbon-emissions-human-right-303745 <p>The Dutch high court has just upheld a decision that obliges the Dutch government to reduce its carbon emissions by at least 25% by 2020 to protect the human rights of its citizens. (<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2019/12/20/business/bc-eu-netherlands-climate-case.html">New York Times</a>)</p> <p>This À¦°óSMÉçÇø  expert can provide comment on this issue:</p> Fri, 20 Dec 2019 22:17:20 +0000 katherine.gombay@mcgill.ca 191766 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-turkey-july-21-2016-261794 <p>"Turkey has banned all academics from leaving the country, cancelling their annual leave, as President Tayyip Erdogan's post-coup crackdown escalated to 'exceptional proportions'. One British academic at a state-run university in Istanbul told the Telegraph that foreign nationals had also been told to come back to work." (<em><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/07/20/turkey-bans-academics-from-leaving-country-in-unprecedented-crac/">The Telegraph</a></em>)</p> Thu, 21 Jul 2016 11:03:49 +0000 vincent.allaire@mcgill.ca 26029 at /newsroom /newsroom/sebastien-jodoin Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24139 at /newsroom /newsroom/adelle-blackett Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23344 at /newsroom /newsroom/evan-fox-decent Tue, 29 Jun 2021 19:23:10 +0000 Anonymous 23874 at /newsroom /newsroom/bartha-knoppers Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 laurie.devine@mcgill.ca 24309 at /newsroom /newsroom/colleen-sheppard Tue, 26 Feb 2019 16:59:44 +0000 Anonymous 23660 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/canada-global-stage-258227 <p><em><strong>By Cynthia Lee</strong></em></p> <p><a href="/newsroom/">À¦°óSMÉçÇø Newsroom</a></p> Mon, 01 Feb 2016 15:37:33 +0000 nima.adibpour@mail.mcgill.ca 25197 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/two-distinguished-alumni-receive-honorary-degrees-256265 <p>Brodhead, Stoddart to be recognized for contributions in fields of international development, human rights Wed, 21 Oct 2015 14:40:47 +0000 melody.enguix@mcgill.ca 24554 at /newsroom