Day 1 Session 1: 8th Annual Disability Rights Conference (17 November 2020)

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On 17 and 18 November 2020, the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, hosted its 8th Annual Disability Rights Conference , which took place virtually via Zoom. The theme of the conference is ‘Realising the right to health of persons with disabilities in Africa’.

17 November 2020: Day 1 Session 1

WELCOME ADDRESS

Moderator: Ms Innocentia Mgijima-Konopi
Programme Manager, Disability Rights Unit, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretroia
Rapporteur: Esther Akua Gyamfi
Disability Rights Scholarship Programme Alumni

Prof Elsabe Schoeman
Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Pretoria

Prof Frans Viljoen
Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria

OPENING REMARKS
Prof Charles Ngwena
Professor of Human Rights Law, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria

KEYNOTE ADDRESS
Dr Tlaleng Mofokeng
United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health

PLENARY SESSION
SESSION A: The impact of COVID-19 on the right to health of persons with disabilities

Moderator: Dr Nkatha Murungi
Assistant Director, Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria

Rapporteur: Dominic Ndunguru
Disability Rights Scholarship Programme Alumni

Accessing healthcare for people with disabilities in South Africa during COVID-19
Dr Emma Louise McKinney
Lecturer and Researcher, Community and Health Sciences Faculty, University of the Western Cape

The realisation of the right to health of persons with disabilities in the COVID-19 era: Evaluating South Africa’s (non)inclusive response
Prof Ebenezer Durojaye
Professor and Project Head of the Socio-Economic Rights Project of the Dullah Omar Institute
Dr Robert Doya Nanima
Senior Lecturer in the Department of Constitutional Rights and Criminal Justice, the Faculty of Law, at the University of the Western Cape

Discussion

PLENARY SESSION
SESSION B: The impact of COVID-19 on the right to health of persons with disabilities

Moderator: Annabel Raw
Advocate of the High Court of South Africa
Rapporteur: Jimion Nyanda
Disability Rights Scholarship Programme Alumni

One law applied differently: Disability by migration status and COVID-19 pandemic
Samuel Umoh Uwem
Lecturer, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Elizabeth Oyewo Adetola
PhD Candidate, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

Access to health information for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
Jackline Lidubwi
PhD Candidate at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr John Ndavula
Head of Communication Studies Department at St. Paul’s University, Kenya

The impact of COVID-19 on persons with disabilities in Uganda
Ivan K Mugabi
Supervisor of Research for Masters students, King Ceasor University, Uganda
Joyce Harriet Nanyanga
Acting Executive Director, Involve-Uganda

Discussion

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