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On12-14 June, IF Secretary General was in New York for the 12th session of the Conference of State Parties (COSP) to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), an annual event focused on discussing the progress on the implementation of the CRPD.

IF, together with five other organisations working in disability rights, sent an open letter to the Romanian government expressing grave concerns about the violations of human rights of young persons with disabilities in Romanian institutional care.

We congratulate on IF expert and friend Steven Schiff, who received a prestigious award for his work on predictive models for the personal treatment of infectious diseases, which lead to high risk of hydrocephalus.

This Friday IF is going to Lisbon for a youth training called "My Rights: independent living, activism and participation for young people with spina bifida and/or hydrocephalus"!