“poor her, for having dreams” expert workshop on the monitoring report on torture and ill-treatment of persons with disabilities in bulgarian institutions, including small group homes organised by the validity foundation and the bulgarian network of independent experts-nie 11 june 2024, 10:00 – 11:30 edt (new york) / 16:00 – 17:30 cest (brussels), zoom international sign interpretation and close captioning will be provided. edt item 10:00 – 10:05 welcome and introduction – steven allen, validity 10:05 – 10:15 surviving institutionalisation – tanya petkova, bulgaria 10:15 – 10:25 brief introduction of the monitoring report on torture and ill-treatment of persons with disabilities in bulgarian institutions, including small group homes – sándor gurbai, validity 10:25 – 11:25 discussion on the monitoring report on torture and ill-treatment of persons with disabilities in bulgarian institutions, including small group homes – steven allen, validity – united nations subcommittee on prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (elīna šteinerte, member and country rapporteur for bulgara) – un committee on the rights of persons with disabilities (amalia gamio ríos, vice chair) – european commission (tbc) – council of europe (tbc) – global coalition on deinstitutionalisation & european network on independent living (jamie bolling, co-chair at enil) – network of independent experts – nie (aneta genova, member) 11:25 – 11:30 conclusions – steven allen, validity read the ‘poor her, for having dreams’ monitoring report on torture and ill-treatment of persons with disabilities in bulgarian institutions, including small group homes
