CRPD Hearing Live Webcast at 9:30am

Reminder: The 2^nd hearing on the CRPD is scheduled for today, Nov 21 at 9:30 am. It will be live webcast HERE. More info below:

2^nd Hearing on the CRPD Scheduled for November 21^st!

Chairman Menendez, of the U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, has scheduled the second hearing on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) for Thursday, November 21^st at 9:30AM in Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room G–50. Secretary of State John Kerry will be a witness at this important hearing, among others.

See below for additional details.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations

Presiding:

Senator Menendez

Date:

Thursday, November 21, 2013

Time:

9:30 AM

Location:

SD-G50

Webcast:

View the hearing at the specified date and time, it will be live webcast.

Panel One:

The Honorable John F. Kerry
Secretary of State
U.S. Department of State
Washington, DC

Panel Two:

Ms. Frances W. West
Worldwide Director, Human Ability & Accessibility Center
IBM
Cambridge, MA

The Honorable C. Boyden Gray
C. Boyden Gray and Associates
Former White House Counsel and Ambassador
Washington, DC

Mr. Jeremy A. Rabkin
Professor of Law
George Mason University School of Law
Arlington, VA

Mr. Curtis A. Bradley
William Van Alstyne Professor of Law
Duke University School of Law School
Durham, NC

Organizations/individuals may call or email the Chair and Ranking Member of the Foreign Relations Committee, at:

Senator Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chair - Call 202-224-4744; or email Margaret_Taylor@foreign.senate.gov

Senator Bob Corker (R-TN), Ranking Member -Call 202-224-3344; or email John_Zadrozny@foreign.senate.gov