Inherent Dignity, Equality and Rights: An International Conference on Human Rights and Community Living

Monday, June 17, 2013- Thursday, June 20, 2013
Location: Oslo and Trondheim, Norway

  http://www.naku.no/conferences2013

The National Institute on Intellectual Disability and Community in Norway, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, UiO - University of Oslo Faculty of Law in Norway and NDCPD - Minot State University Center for Excellence in Developmental Disabilities in the USA wish to invite you to the "Inherent Dignity, Equality, and Rights" 2013 Conferences, focusing on intellectual and developmental disabilities.The first conference takes place in June 18 in Oslo, Norway, under the title, "Human Rights and Rule of Law." The second conference takes place in June 20 in Trondheim, Norway, under the title, "Living Conditions and Quality of Life."

Deadline for submission of abstracts is February 15, 2013. Apply here.

The conference brings together researchers, policy makers, activists and practitioners to share scholarship and ideas, and provides a forum for Nordic and international collaboration in intellectual disability studies. Keynote speakers at the two conferences are Ruth Luckasson (confirmed), Michael Wehmayer (confirmed), Oliver Lewis (confirmed), Julie Beadle-Brown (confirmed), Jan Tøssebro (confirmed) and Amy Hewitt (confirmed). To learn more, visit keynote speakers in the right column.

The conference welcomes a wide range of contributions applying social, cultural, historical and philosophical perspectives to the study of intellectual disability. Learn more at the Conference's website here or above.

Sponsors: Norwegian National Institute on Intellectual Disability and Community, the ND Center for Persons with Disabilities, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, & the University of Oslo Faculty of Law