Deaf Japanese lawyer elected to U.N. panel on rights of disabled

Hiroshi Tamon, a deaf Japanese civil rights lawyer, was elected Tuesday to serve as an independent expert on the U.N. Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities."I'm feeling very happy that I won, however burdened with this very large undertaking," Tamon, 57, told Kyodo News after the vote through a sign language interpreter.Tamon is one of nine experts newly elected to serve on the 18-member committee for a term of four years starting in January 2025.Besides Tamon, experts nominated by Brazil, the Dominican Republic, the European Union, Jamaica, Mongolia, Morocco, Nigeria and Uru…READ FULL ARTICLE