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Disability and Human Rights |
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| 01 | Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| 02 | Publications |
| 03 | Resource Centres |
| PUBLICATIONS |
| UN |
| UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's message on the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| UN Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Disabled Persons |
Q&A: Why a Convention? - Some facts about Persons with Disabilities |
| Summary Report on Violence against Disabled Children: UN Secretary General's Report on Violence against Children- findings and recommendations |
The Right to Education for Persons with Disabilities: Towards Inclusion by UNESCO |
| Definition of disability in selected national legislation |
| International Labour Organisation |
| Achieving Equal Employment Opportunities for People with Disabilities Through Legislation – Guidelines , Mauritius Country Profile , Kenya Country Profile , Uganda Country Profile |
| National Human Rights Institutions |
Manual on 'Human Rights, Disability and Law' by Indian National Human Rights Commission |
New Zealand Human Rights Commission welcomes first Human Rights Treaty of 21st century |
Australian Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission - Disability to make UN top ten |
| Interim Report of the National Inquiry into Employment and Disability released by the Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (AHREOC) |
| Not For Service: Experiences of Injustice and Despair in Mental Health Care in Australia by AHREOC |
| National Inquiry into Employment and Disability by Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission (AHREOC) |
| Indigenous young people with cognitive disabilities and Australian juvenile justice systems by AHREOC |
| Access to Health Services for People with Disabilities by AHREOC |
| Practical Guide for Employment Accommodation for People with Disabilities by Canadian Human Rights Commission |
| The Triple Oppression: Disability, Race and Gender By Charlotte Vuyiswa McClain, Commissioner, South African Human Rights Commission |
International |
International and Regional Instruments for Protection and Promotion |
International Human Rights and Comparative Mental Disability Law: Cases and Materials |
Study Guide - Human rights of persons with disabilities by Human Rights Education Associates (HREA) |
Promoting the Rights of People with Disabilities: Towards A New Un Convention - An International Workshop for National Human Rights Institutions from the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region in New Delhi, India from 26 to 29 May 2003 and Concluding statement |
| 3 December - International Day of Disabled Persons 2006: E-Accessibility -- Themes and observances of previous years |
| Speech by Dr Sev Ozdowski - OAM, Former Australian Human Rights Commissioner and Disability Discrimination Commissioner (2000-05), at the International Seminar ‘Making the Connection: Human Rights and Mental Health' organised by the British Council from 5 - 8 March 2006 in Edinburgh |
| Keynote Address by Anuradha Mohit, Special Rapporteur for Disability of the Natioanl Human Rights Commission, India delivered on 2 June 2003 |
| A human rights approach to disability |
| Asia-Pacific |
Disability at a Glance: a Profile of 28 Countries and Areas in Asia and the Pacific |
| 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 (related documents) |
| Asian And Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 2003-2012 |
| Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons: Action Targets Gender Dimensions, 1995 |
Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 1993 - 2002: Mandates for Action |
Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons: mid-point - country perspectives, 1999 |
| Legislation on Equal Opportunities and Full Participation in Development for Disabled Persons: Examples from the ESCAP Region, 1997 |
HIDDEN SISTERS: Women and Girls with Disabilities in the Asian and Pacific Region, 1995 |
| Africa region |
Pan-African Conference on the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities (1999-2009) |
Disability African Regional Consultative Conference 1-6 May 2003 in Johannesburg, South Africa |
South Africa - Changing Attitudes: An Overview of Awareness Raising about Disability in South Africa |
South Africa - The Disability Rights Movement: its development in South Africa |
South Africa - Integrated National Disability Strategy |
South Africa - The role and effectiveness of disability legislation in South Africa |
Kenya - Disability in Kenya |
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Kenya - Disability, Visibility, A Human Rights Framework in Kenya |
Kenay - Disability and poverty in Kenya |
| Ghana - The Disabled Persons Act 1993 - Ghana |
Ghana - Disability rights in Ghana: the difficulty of legislating change |
| Uganda - Disability in Uganda |
Uganda - Government Programmes |
Uganda - Wheelchairs in Uganda |
Nigeria - Nigerians with Disability Decree 1993 |
| Malawi - Violence and abuse against women with disabilities in Malawi |
| Mauritius - Disability in Mauritius – pattern, trend and policy implications |
| South Asia |
Indian National policy for persons with disabilities and Acts In Disability |
India - Protection of Human Rights of People with Disabilities through legislative support |
| Tough to be Disabled in India |
Serving Sri Lanka : Let us rebuild - but not make disability an inability |
Sri Lanka - Employment and infrastructure lacking for the disabled |
Canada |
Contributing to the Dialogue - A Federal Disability Act: Opportunities and Challenges |
Canada - Policy and Guidelines on Disability and the duty to accommodate |
| New Zealand |
| NZ Disability Strategy - Office for Disability Issues |
| Disabilities - Statistics New Zealand |
| NZ Government Action on Disability Strategy |
| United Kingdom |
| Disability Rights Commission ( DRC ) Impact Report 2004/5: 5 Years of Progress |
Independent Living - Discussion Paper by Disability Rights Commission (DRC) |
Guidelines for making payphones more accessible for people with disabilities |
Disability Equality Duty (DED) - Guidance for disabled people |
Disability Equality Duty enforcement toolkit for disabled people |
You can make a difference: improving hospital services for disabled people |
Changing Britain for good: Putting disability at the heart of public policy |
Disability Equality Action Plan 2006 by the Equal Opportunities Commission |
Improving the Life Chances of Disabled People – A report from the Prime Minister's Strategy Office |
Independent Living Discussion Paper, by the Disability Rights Commission |
| RESOURCE CENTRES |
| Australian Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission - Disability Rights Home Page |
| Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities |
| Disability Alliance UK |
| Disability Rights Commission (DRC), UK |
| Disabled Peoples' International (DPI) |
| National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (N.C.P.E.D.P.), India |
| Office for Disability Issues, UK |
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