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THE OMBUDSMAN INSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF TÜRKİYE

The Ombudsman Institution participated in the following activities:

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• The “3 Network Plenary Session”, organised by Rights of Children with
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Disabilities Network on 21 and 22 April 2018 in İstanbul.
• The workshop on “Determination of Disability and Invalidity, Relative Problems
and Pension Rights of the Persons with Disabilities”, organised by the Human
Rights Centre of the Union of Turkish Bar Associations on 8 November 2018.
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• The International Conference on Disability Rights with the theme of “Access
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to Justice of People with Disabilities”, which was organised on 15 and 16
December 2018 in İstanbul within the scope of the project titled “Supporting
access to Justice for People with Disabilities in Combating Discrimination”,
conducted under the partnership of the Association for Monitoring Equal Rights
and Association for People with Hearing Impairment & Their Families of Van.

• The meeting on “CRPD Constructive Negotiation”, organised by General
Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly People within
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the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services on the 13 and 14 March
2019 in Geneva/Switzerland.
• The meeting on “Supporting Access to Justice for People with Disabilities
in Combating Discrimination”, which was organised by the Association for
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Monitoring Equal Rights on 19 July 2019.
• The meeting on “Sharing and Evaluating CRPD National Committee’s
Concluding Observations”, held on 1 October 2019 in 75. Yıl Senior Centre.
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• Workshop on “Problems of Women with Disabilities and Solutions”, conducted
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by the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services on 24 October 2019.
• The workshop on the “Right to Sports”, carried out in 75. Yıl Senior Rehabilitation
Centre on 29.11.2019; the workshop on the “Right to Participate in the Social,
Cultural Event and Tourism and Recreational Activities”, conducted in SSI’s
Kavaklıdere Facility on 09.12.2019; the workshop on the “Right to Health”, held
in 75. Yıl Senior Rehabilitation Centre on 11.12.2019, organised by the General
Directorate of Services for Persons with Disabilities and Elderly People within
the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Services and with the participation of
the representatives of relative public institutions and civil society organisations in
the field of disability, within the scope of preparatory work for Accessible Vision
Document and National Action Plan on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• “Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Advisory Committee
Meetings”, hosted by the Human Rights and Equality Institution of Türkiye on
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the 2 December 2019 in the Green Park Hotel.

2019 ANNUAL REPORT 85