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Greece is the host of the Special Olympics summer games, the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, being held from June 25 through July 4, 2011.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/23/hungary-reforms-needed-new-constitution">Hungary: Reforms Needed to New Constitution</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 23, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>Hungary should address the human rights concerns linked to its new constitution that the Venice Commission raised in its June 20, 2011 report.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/15/joint-statement-right-political-participation-people-disabilities">Joint Statement on Right to Political Participation of People with Disabilities</a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 15, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>International human rights non-governmental organizations urge the Venice Commission to amend Paragraph 2 of its "Interpretative Declaration to the Code of Good Practice in Electoral Matters on the Participation of People With Disabilities in Elections."</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class=""><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/06/14/open-letter-mr-loverdos-greek-minister-health">Open Letter to Mr. Loverdos, Greek Minister of Health </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Jun 14, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"><p>The European Disability Forum (EDF) and Human Rights Watch are writing to you to express our deep concern about reports of inhumane and degrading conditions at the Children’s Care Center of Lechaina (“the care center”) in Ilias Prefecture. EDF’s national member in Greece, the National Confederation of Disabled People, has intervened a number of times to the government, to the Ombudsman for the Rights of the Child, Mr. Giorgios Moschos, and in the media. 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President Pál Schmitt should send the constitution back to Parliament to address these and other human rights issues.</p> </div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li><li class="last"><div class="view-item clear-block"> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-cover"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-title"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2011/04/15/letter-prime-minister-orb-n-regarding-aspects-hungarian-constitution">Letter to Prime Minister Orbán Regarding Aspects of the Hungarian Constitution </a></div> <div class="view-field field-reportsynopsis-subtitle"></div> <div class="view-field field-node-created">Apr 15, 2011</div> <div class="view-field field-news-teaser"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-audio"></div> <div class="view-field field-related-videos"></div> </div></li></ul></div></div><div class="view-footer view-footer-taxonomy-filter"><div class="more"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/news-all/700">More documents on this topic</a>»</div></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div> <div id="footer"><div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/home" title="Home">Home</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/our-work" title="Our Work">Our Work</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/news" title="News">News</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/publications" title="Publications">Publications</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/multimedia">Multimedia</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/about" title="About Us">About Us</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110706012050/http://www.kintera.org/site/c.nlIWIgN2JwE/b.4542089/">Donate</a></div> </div> <div class="footer-blocks clear-block"> <div id="block-tic-tic_copy_24478" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="node clear-block ltr ntype-copy"> <div class="content clear-block filter-text"> Human Rights Watch<br/> 350 Fifth Avenue, 34th Floor<br/> New York, NY 10118-3299<br/> USA<br/> Tel: 1-(212) 290-4700<br/> <br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/contact-us">Contact Us - Global Offices</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/iff">Film Festival</a></strong><br/> <strong><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/about/jobs">Employment</a></strong> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="block-tic-5" class="clear-block block block-tic"> <div class="bcontent"><div class="col-left clear-block"><strong class="vocab-header"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/regions">Browse by Region</a></strong><div class="item-list"><ul><li class="first"><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/africa">Africa</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/americas">Americas</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/asia">Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/europe/central-asia">Europe/Central Asia</a></li><li class=""><a href="/web/20110706012050/http://www.hrw.org/en/middle-east/n-africa">Middle East/N. 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