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Ad Hoc Committee Sessions
Working Group of the Ad hoc Committee
on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention
on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity
of Persons with Disabilities
5 to 16 January 2004
United Nations, New York.
Documents
15 January 2004
In accordance with the decision by the Ad Hoc Committee (contained
in the Report of the Ad Hoc Committee, A/58/118
& Corr.1), the Working Group is to prepare and present a draft
a text for basis for negotiation by the Ad Hoc Committee taking into
account all contributions submitted to the Ad Hoc Committee in advance
of the meetings of the Working Group by States, observers, regional
meetings, relevant United Nations bodies, entities and agencies, regional
commissions and intergovernmental organizations, as well as civil
society including non-governmental organizations, national disability
and human rights institutions and independent experts. The decision
requested the Secretary-General to provide the Working Group with
all relevant documentation, including the report of the second session
of the Ad Hoc Committee.
In accordance with the decision of the Ad Hoc Committee, the reports
of the sessions of the Ad Hoc Committee, as well as all contributions
submitted to the Ad Hoc Committee regarding the convention, have been
made available on the website in accessible formats. In addition,
a Compilation of Proposals for Elements of a Convention (both in accessible
html version and in MS Word file) has been prepared as a reference
document for the Working Group. This compilation is an updated and
combined version of the Compilation
of proposals for a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention
to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
(A/AC.265/2003/CRP/13), the NGO
contributions to the elements of a convention (A/AC.265/2003/CRP.13/Add.1),
and all contributions subsequently submitted in the form of proposed
texts of a convention for the work of the Ad Hoc Committee.
This document will be updated on a regular basis, with a list of
new additions.
Latest contributions:
List of Contributions:
Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee:
Governments:
- Australia: Australia's
approach to a draft convention on the rights of people with disabilities
- China: Convention on Rights
of Persons with Disabilities, A Proposed Draft Text by China, Date
of submission: 11 December 2003
- Costa Rica: National
Council for Rehabilitation and Special Education - Some aspects
to include in the drafting of
the convention of the human rights of the persons with disabilities
- European Union: EU Proposal
for the text of an International Convention on the Full and Equal
Enjoyment of all Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms by Persons
with Disabilities, 18 December 2003 (EU Proposal)
- European Union: "Elements
for an International Convention", submitted at the second session
of the Ad Hoc Committee, (A/AC.265/2003/CRP.13/Add.2)
- India: Comprehensive and
integral international convention to promote and protect the rights
and dignity of persons with disabilities - Draft Convention, India,
5 January 2004
- Japan: Position Paper of
the Government of Japan on the Comprehensive and Integral International
Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons
with Disabilities. Date of submission: 24 December 2003
- Mexico: Comprehensive
and integral international convention to promote and protect the
rights and dignity of persons with disabilities, Working Paper submitted
by Mexico at the first session of the Ad Hoc Committee, (A/AC.265/WP.1)
- New Zealand: New Zealand's
view of a Convention on the Rights Of Disabled People, 28 November
2003
- United States: Disability Rights
Law Measures in the United States
- Venezuela: Comprehensive
and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion
of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities. Draft submitted
by the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela at the
second session of the Ad Hoc Committee, (A/AC.265/2003/WP.1)
National Human Rights Insitutions:
IGOs/Regional Meetings:
- African Regional Consultative
Conference (ARCC), Johannesburg, South Africa, 1-6 May 2003
- Bangkok Draft: Regional Workshop
towards a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on
Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities, Bangkok, Thailand, 14-17 October 2003
- Bangkok Recommendations: Expert Group Meeting and Seminar on an
International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity
of Persons with Disabilities, Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 June 2003
- Seminar of Quito: Americas
regional seminar and workshop on norms and standards related to
the rights of persons with disabilities and development, Quito,
Republic of Ecuador, 9-11 April 2003
United Nations System:
NGOs:
- Disabled Peoples' International:
DPI Position Paper Regarding a New International Human Rights Convention
for Disabled People, Disabled Peoples' International, 25 February
2003
- DPI- Japan: DPI Japanese Assembly
Position Paper Regarding the Convention, Date of submission: 19
June 2003
- European Disability Forum:
The EDF Contribution to the Second Ad Hoc Committee to consider
proposals for a United Nations Convention to Protect and Promote
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Brussels, May 2003
- Inclusion International:
Some reflections, proposals and recommendations for the IDA meeting
on the Convention to Protect the Rights of Disabled Persons, February
2003 and submission of 30 December
2003
- International Disability Alliance:
Towards a UN Disability Convention: Statement for 2nd Ad Hoc Committee
session, 2 March 2003
- Rights into Action - the International
Network of Young Disabled People: A Position Statement on the
proposed Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to
Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
- World Blind Union: Manifesto
for a United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities,
February 2003
- World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP),
submission to the United Nations Ad
Hoc Committee in 2003 and contributions
submitted on 30 December 2003 and 5 January 2004
Others/Individuals:
Compilation of proposals
for elements of a convention
(Download MS Word version)
The Compilation is organized under the following headings:
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