Persons With Disabilities
"States Parties undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the basis of disability." (Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 4) News
Disability Treaty Waits for Legal Teeth
September 21, 2007 - Alexandra Stahl, IPS
Disabled rights groups and U.N. officials hope that the first core human rights treaty of the 21st century, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, could finally assume legal force when world leaders gather here for the 62nd session of the General Assembly next week.
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UN convention on disability rights reaches milestone in signatories
July 11, 2007 - UN News Centre
United Nations officials say the global treaty to protect the rights of the world’s estimated 650 million people with disabilities could take effect by early next year after Qatar this week became the 100th country to sign the landmark pact.
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Record number of countries sign UN treaty on disabilities on opening day
March 30, 2007 - UN News Centre
Eighty-one Member States and the European Community signed a landmark new treaty today at the United Nations that aims to improve the lives of the world’s estimated 650 million people with disabilities, a record for the first day of signature of any convention.
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Disability treaty set to correct injustices opens for signature
March 13, 2007 - United Nations
A new human rights treaty that would protect the rights of the world’s 650 million persons with disabilities will be opened for signature at the United Nations on 30 March.
Over 40 countries have already indicated they will sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities when it opens for signature and ratification by States and regional integration organizations at a solemn ceremony in the UN General Assembly hall. Many more are expected to announce their intention in the coming weeks leading up to the signing event.
U.N. Supports Rights of Disabled People
December 13, 2006 - Associated Press, New York Times
The General Assembly on Wednesday approved the first U.N. convention to protect the rights of the world's 650 million disabled people, prohibiting their exclusion from education, jobs and politics.
The convention requires countries to protect disabled people from exploitation and abuse and to guarantee their rights -- such as ensuring the blind can vote and having wheelchair-accessible buildings.
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