Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

CRPD does not promote new rights but, with its 50 articles, strongly affirms the need for all human rights and fundamental freedoms to be fully enjoyed even by people with disabilities. The importance of having an International Convention – on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – is given by the fact that it is…
Let’s make the inclusion of people with disabilities real, let’s build a better year together

The integration of people with disabilities into daily life is part of the broader principle of equality guaranteed by Article 3 of our Constitution as well as by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities approved in 2006 and ratified by our country, determining the commitment to adapt the legislation to…
A Swimmer

There are moments in life where we find ourselves reflecting because there are people who face critical issues with tenacity and conviction, managing to overcome all kinds of barriers with spontaneity. There are moments where we reflect on why some set themselves distant and reckless goals. There are times when one wonders why in life…
Swimming in the seas of the globe, for a world without barriers and without borders

“Salvatore Cimmino’s is an extraordinary example of how we can contribute to the development of the country. With his project “For a world without barriers and without borders” he drew the attention of institutions and all public opinion to the too many obstacles that prevent most people with disabilities from having a dignified and independent…
Human rights’ heart: human dignity

In Italy there is one certainty among many endemic uncertainties: the right to injustice. Every day the Articles of our Constitution are widely betrayed, evaded, circumvented, deceived, transgressed by a guilty distracted and quietly defaulting political class. Article 2 of the Constitution is certainly the one most ignored: The Republic recognizes and guarantees the inviolable…