Expert meeting on Indigenous Persons with Disabilities

7-8 July 2016, Geneva

List of Experts

1.  Ms. Catalina DEVANDAS AGUILAR, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities (Costa Rica)

2.  Ms. Victoria TAULI CARPUZ, Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples (Philippines)

3.  Mr. Scott AVERY, Policy and research Director, First Peoples Disability (Australia)

4.  Mr. Danlami BASHARU, UN Expert, Committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (Nigeria)

5.  Mr. Albert BARUME, UN Expert, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) (Kenya)

6.  Mr. Ulises CARDENAS, Representative, Indigenous community Atacameña de Chunchuri (Chile)

7.  Ms. Mirna CUNNINGHAM, President, Association for Women's Rights in Development and indigenous rights activist (Nicaragua)

8.  Ms. Anna DAHLBERG, Project Manager Sami people with disabilities, Nordic Centre for Welfare and Social Issues (Sweden)

9.  Mr. Binota Moy DHAMAI, Representative, Asia Indigenous Peoples Pact (Bangladesh)

10. Ms. Doreen DEMAS, Chair, Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (Canada)

11. Mr. John GILROY, Lecturer, Faculty of Health Science, University of Sydney (Koori from the Yuin Nation, Australia)

12. Ms. Pratima GURUNG, Nepal Indigenous Disabled Association and member of the Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (Nepal)

13. Mr. Wilton LITTLECHILD, Independent Expert, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) (Canada)

14. Ms. Hannah MGGLADE, Senior Indigenous Fellow (OHCHR) (Australia)

15. Mr. Setareki MACANAWAI, Chief Executive Officer, Pacific Disability Forum and member of the Indigenous Persons with Disabilities Global Network (Fiji)

16. Ms. Olga MONTÚFAR CONTRERAS, Representative, Paso a Paso Foundation for indigenous persons with disabilities (Mexico)

17. Mr. Martin OELZ, Senior Specialist on Equality and Non-Discrimination, ILO

18. Ms. Karen SOLDATIC, Faculty Member, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

19. Mr. Piera Jovnna SOMBY, Sami person with disability (Sweden)

20. Mr. Stefan TROMEL, Senior Disability Specialist, ILO

21. Mr. Alexey TSYKAREV, Chair, Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) (Russian Federation)

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