The UN Disability Convention: Historic Process, Strong Prospects, and Why the U.S. Should Ratify by Tara Melish. SUNY Buffalo Law School Human Rights Brief, Vol. 14, No. 2, 2007 Abstract: On December 13, 2006, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention is historic and path-breaking on several levels, both in protection terms for the world's 650 million persons with disabilities who may now draw upon its provisions in defense of their internationally-protected rights, and in relation to the unprecedented level of civil society input and engagement in the negotiation process. This sustained and constructive engagement has given rise to a dynamic process of dialogue, cooperation, and mutual trust that will fuel monitoring and implementation work, at national and international levels alike, long into the future. This Article describes both the negotiating process that gave rise to the treaty and the major themes and motivating tenets that underlie its substantive provisions.
The prospects for this are encouraging. UN-Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen. Vertragsstaaten der UN-Behindertenrechtskonvention (dunkelgrün), Unterzeichnerstaaten (hellgrün) (1. Oktober 2012) Entstehungsgeschichte und Inkrafttreten[Bearbeiten] – Deutsche Übersetzung des Handbuches der Vereinten Nationen und der Interparlamentarischen Union.[4] Dem Abschluss der Konvention gingen vierjährige Beratungen mit acht Arbeitstreffen des 2001 von der Generalversammlung eingesetzten Ad–hoc-Ausschuss voraus. Vorherige Versuche der Gestaltung einer Behindertenrechtskonvention scheiterten. An der ersten Sitzung nahmen 80 Staaten und 30 Nichtregierungsorganisationen teil, am Ende waren es 120 Staaten und 468 Nichtregierungsorganisationen. Das Übereinkommen wurde unter der Mitwirkung von Betroffenen als Vertretern der Vereinten Nationen, Regierungsdelegationen und Nichtregierungsorganisationen erarbeitet.[5][6] Das Übereinkommen und das Fakultativprotokoll wurden am 13.
Fakultativprotokoll[Bearbeiten] Deutsche Übersetzungen[Bearbeiten] Hintergründe[Bearbeiten] Aufbau[Bearbeiten] UN-Konvention in Leichter Sprache - Ich kenne meine Rechte! - www.ich-kenne-meine-rechte.de. European Foundation Centre - UN CRPD - Documents. Enable - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. There were 82 signatories to the Convention, 44 signatories to the Optional Protocol, and 1 ratification of the Convention. This is the highest number of signatories in history to a UN Convention on its opening day. It is the first comprehensive human rights treaty of the 21st century and is the first human rights convention to be open for signature by regional integration organizations.
The Convention entered into force on 3May 2008. The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. Read the complete text of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Other translations * Other versions *
Webwasher - Notification. Enable - United Nations Voluntary Fund on Disability - Activities Supported. Global Forum on Human Rights on the implementation of the CRPD articles: 6 (women and disability), 27 (work and employment) and 29 (participation in political and public life) The project was implemented by Disabled Peoples’ International (DPI) and hosted by their regional counterpart Disabled Peoples’ International Latin-American Region (DPI-LAR) held in Lima, Peru in January 2011.
The Voluntary Fund supported the participation of leading international experts in the field of disability who presented at the event and played host to 160 participants of whom more than 60 were women and girls with disabilities. Discussions were held on each of the articles 6, 27 and 29 of the CRPD to indentify key components and develop strategies to effectively implement and monitor compliance. Building the Capacity of Women with Disabilities in India: Promoting the Rights to Health and Employment Droit, Egalité, Citoyenneté, Solidarité, Inclusion des Personnes Handicapées (DECISIPH) Awareness-raising:
Enable - Joint Statement of Commitment: Inter-Agency Support Group for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Joint Statement of Commitment to the Convention Read the Statement in PDF United Nations Inter-Agency Support Group for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Background 1. The purpose of this statement is to articulate the commitment of the United Nations system to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity as laid out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. 2. 3. 4. 5.
Our Commitment to the Convention's Principles, Substantive Rights and Provisions 6. 7. The Way Forward: Joint Strategy and Action Plan 8. 9. 10. Policies. Programmes. Capacity-building. Accessibility. General principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: 1. Rights set out in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Enable - Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Enable - Chapter Three: Monitoring the Convention and the Optional Protocol. The Convention mandates the creation of a Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when the Convention comes into force.
The Committee will examine the periodic reports submitted by States, consider individual communications, conduct inquiries, and formulate general observations and recommendations. The Committee will initially be composed of 12 independent experts, although that number will rise to 18 after 60 States have ratified the Convention. A Conference of States parties will select the Committee members, who will serve in their personal capacity. Committee members will be chosen on the basis of their competence and experience in the field of human rights and disability, and also in consideration of equitable geographic representation, representation of different forms of civilization and legal systems, gender balance, and participation of experts with disabilities within the Committee.
Periodic reporting The Committee will set guidelines on the content of reports. 1.