Dr Dianah Msipa

Disability and human rights law expert

[ISLA @ISLAfrica]

Meet our brilliant faculty that will be breaking it down all week.

[CentreForHumanRights @CHR_HumanRights]

Dr Dianah Msipa providing a contextualised approach to disability rights in Africa.

[CentreForHumanRights @CHR_HumanRights]

[Happening now]

The annual advanced human rights short course on disability rights in an African context will run from 17th to 21st March at @UPTuks courtesy of @CHR_HumanRights

#disabilitycourse2025 #disabilityrights #humarights #uplaw #tuks

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Thank you to @ICJ_Africa for publishing my quote in the importance of an intersectional approach to ending Gender Based Violence.
#EndGBV

[ACERWC @acerwc]

The Working Group on Children with Disabilities, in collaboration with @UNAlbinism, is in Lusaka, Zambia, validating the ACERWC Guiding Note on reporting the rights and welfare of #ChildrenqWithAlbinism.

Hon. Aboubekrine El Jera, Chair of the Working Group, delivered a keynote address highlighting the relevance of the Guiding Note, ‘This document has been developed against the backdrop to address a critical gap in the state reporting process and contribute to strengthening the monitoring mandate of the Committee. Notably, out of the 42 Member States that have submitted state reports to the Committee, only 12 make reference to albinism in their state reports, which makes it challenging for the Committee to effectively monitor the rights of children with albinism.’

The session began with @MsipaDianah presenting the background of developing the Guiding Note, its objectives, and an overview of its content. Participants present engaged in breakout groups to discuss the content of the Guiding Note critically.

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Did you know that certain discriminatory practices can leave persons with disabilities stateless? I had the pleasure of presenting on the circumstances that result in persons with disabilities in Africa failing to access their right to nationality.
#DisabilityRights
#Africa

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Check out my recent blog post on the African Disability Protocol published in African Law Matters.
https://t.co/vdbei6AGuJ

[CentreForHumanRights @CHR_HumanRights]

Happening now:

Day 1 of the 12th Annual Disability Rights in Africa Conference.

Theme: Disability Rights, Information, and Communication Technologies in Africa

#disabilityrightsinAfrica #disabilityandtechnology #AIandhumanrights #DisabilityInclusion #DisabilityRights #UP

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

The annual Disability Rights in Africa conference will be hosted from 13- 14 November 2024
#Africandisabilityconference

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Last week the Centre for Human Rights hosted a regional convening on access to justice for persons with disabilities.
#AccessToJustice
#DisabilityRights

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

With the African Disability Protocol now in force, we need to raise awareness about its provisions specifically tailored for Africans with Disabilities. To that end, I presented on the right to sexual and reproductive health for persons with disabilities.

[CentreForHumanRights @CHR_HumanRights]

[Press Statement]

@CHR_HumanRights welcomes the entry into force of the African Disability Protocol.

Read more: https://t.co/SBku6C5OXb

#DisabilityRights #Africa #Inclusion #HumanRights #AfricanDisabilityProtocol #RatifyADRP

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

On 30 September 2024, I presented the Draft Guiding Note to AU member states on reporting on the rights and welfare of children with albinism to the Working Group on Children with Disabilities of the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child.

[CentreForHumanRights @CHR_HumanRights]

[Happening now]

Regional workshop on enhancing the ratification and implementation on the protocol to the African Charter on the rights of persons with disabilities from 26 - 27 September 2024 in South Africa

#disabilityrights #africancharter #thedisabiltyprotocol #uplaw

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Mr Lefhoko Kesamang from the African Union Commission delivering his key note address at the Regional workshop on enhancing the implementation and the ratification of the African Disability Protocol

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Happening now:

The regional workshop on enhancing the implementation and ratification of the African Disability Protocol

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

It's been a year since I graduated with a Doctor of Laws from the Centre for Human Rights, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria. Grateful for the milestone.

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

From 26 to 27 September 2024, the Centre for Human Rights will host a regional workshop on the ratification and implementation of the African Disability Protocol

[Dr Dianah Msipa @MsipaDianah]

Presentation on the duty to reasonably accommodate accused persons and witnesses with disabilities during the investigation stage of the criminal justice process at a workshop organised by the South African Police Service
#accesstojustice