On the first day of the 2nd International Conference on the Linguistic Rights of Deaf People, WFD President, Mr Colin Allen announced the World Federation … Read More

On the final day of the WFD’s participation in the 11th CRPD Session, the Committee had an interactive dialogue with the government of Costa Rica. … Read More

The CRPD Committee held its Constructive Dialogue with the Azerbaijan government today. As part of this dialouge, CRPD Committee member Mr Munthian Buntan asked the … Read More

The WFD is pleased to note the participation of deaf people in the DPO delegations to the CRPD Committee. Jenny Nilsson, known to us as … Read More

WFD Board Member and Chair of the Human Rights Group gave an Opening Statement to the CRPD Committee which raised the issues of the need … Read More

My name is Dr. Joseph Murray and I am a board member of the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) and Chair of its Human … Read More

WFD President, Colin Allen gives a video summary of the International Disability Alliance (IDA) board meeting which was held for three days from 3 March … Read More

WFD will start using a new email system and as a consequence the email addresses of the three WFD Secretariat members (Ms Meri Hyrske-Fischer, Ms … Read More

The Committee is a body of independent experts that monitors the implementation of the rights provided for under the Convention on the Rights of Persons … Read More

As 2013 comes to a close, the World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) reflects on past successes, with appreciation to all who worked in partnership … Read More