Policy paper

Simmons & Simmons

Published 23 July 2018

Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018

Your organisation:

Type of organisation: Private Sector Organisation

Name of organisation Simmons & Simmons

Charter for Change

Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.

My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☐

Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:

Other Commitments

Please enter the exact wording of any other commitment/s that do not fall under the themes above, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):

  • Simmons & Simmons is exploring, with Business Disability International, the potential to offer pro bono advice to disabled people’s organisations in the Middle East

  • The firm is consulting leaders of the regional disability movement to understand the nature of pro bono support which they feel would be most helpful

  • Our working assumption is that we would offer to help to build the capacity of these disabled people’s organisations to effectively provide services to disabled peoples