Message of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights on International Day of Persons with Disabilities - AJBH-EN
Dr. Ernő Kállai
Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Ernő KÁLLAI, Deputy-Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, responsible for the Rights of Nationalities
Studies
2008 Ph.D. degree in legal theory and legal sociology at the Deák Ferenc Doctoral School of Law and Political Sciences, University of Miskolc
1997 - 2002 Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law and Political Sciences - lawyer
1994 - 1998 Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Arts - secondary school teacher of history
1990 - 1994 Eszterházy Károly Teacher Training College - teacher specialised in history and music
1994 - 1995 Journalism School - certified journalist
1995 Hungarian Radio - news editor and radio journalist
Employment
2010 Eszterházy Károly College, Faculty of Teacher Training and Knowledge Technology - head of department
2009 University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Department of Constitutional Law - guest professor
2008 Corvinus University of Budapest, Post-graduate specialist training programme in equality and minority issues - mentor and guest professor
2007 Parliamentary Commissioner for National and Ethnic Minority Rights
2002 - 2010 Apor Vilmos Catholic College, Institute of Romology and Applied Social Sciences - head of institute, college professor
1998 Hungarian Academy of Sciences Ethnic and National Minority Research Institute - Head of research group on Romology
1999 - 2002 Miskolc University, Department of Sociology, professor
1996 - 1998 member of staff of the Roma Civil Rights Foundation
1988 - 1997 teacher at various educational institutions
Scholarships
2000 - 2002 Civic Education Project
1997 - 1999 Soros Foundation
1998 - 2002 European Roma Rights Centre
1997 - 1999 Roma Civil Rights Foundation, „Invisible College" for Roma students
Public and professional activities
2007 - Member of the Equal Treatment Professional Advisory Board
2002- 2005 Member of the board of trustees of the Autonomy Foundation
1998- 2004 Member of the board of trustees of the Gandhi Public Foundation
Membership of professional organisations
Hungarian Sociological Society - member of the Presidential Board
Hungarian Academy of Science - member of the Public Body
Hungarian Association of Lawyers
Hungarian Society of Political Sciences
Hungarian Ethnographical Society
Awards
2006 Award for Minorities
2005 honoured by the National Gypsy Self-Government for excellence in research
Main areas of research using empirical data survey in the past years
- Emergence of cultural rights of the minority communities'
- The new paradigms of handling of ethnic data
- Roma entrepreneurs in Hungary
- Research on local Gypsy minority self-governments
- The past and present of Gypsy musicians
- The social history of the Hungarian Roma in the 20th century
- Equal opportunities of Roma in Hungary. Self-governance, positive discrimination, and the role of education in improving the situation of the Roma - theoretical and practical models
- The theoretical models and practice in Hungary of local Gypsy minority self-governments
- The cultural autonomy of minorities
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Message of Commissioner for Fundamental Rights on International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Some 15% of the global population, i.e., more than one billion people live with some kind of disability, and the international day held on 3 December each year, at UN’s initiative, aims to draw attention to their situation. The past few years have seen an increase in global attention paid to the need for a different approach and the tasks arising from this need, in the interests of people with disabilities. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted on 13 December 2006 meant a critical change in the approach to persons with disabilities, as it declared the principles that guarantee equal dignity, independence, self-determination and equal social inclusion to persons with disabilities.
By now, the idea that disability is not a personal characteristic feature but a complexity of conditions and structures has become more and more accepted. In addition to lasting physical obstacles, with several other barriers, the hindrance of the person in question from being fully, efficiently and equally involved in society is critical. At the same time, this approach results in such a change in mindsets which acknowledges that people with disabilities may be hindered in certain aspects but they are equal to everybody else, they have the same rights and obligations as the other members of society. Also, it is a key task of society to avert all obstacles that prevent the enforcement of all this.
The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities is given more attention than before, as part of the tasks of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights set out in the CRPD Independent Monitoring Mechanism, as it is one of his key tasks to investigate into the implementation of the requirements set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Hungary, as well as to support the relevant processes.
The International Day of Persons with Disabilities is the only day of the 365 days of the year which directs more focus of attention on persons with disabilities: to their difficulties, challenges and achievements, which may serve as examples for each member of the society.
On the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, we should pay special attention to those who live with disabilities, as well as the family members, helpers and communities who support them. The real power of society lies in the sense of solidarity, acceptance and ensuring equal opportunities, said the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights.