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NGO Comments at the third session

Comments by NGOs at the Third Session
World Federation of the DeafBlind

Proposal from World Federation of the DeafBlind
Lex Grandia

Draft Article 8
RIGHT TO LIFE

1. States Parties recognize and protect the inherent right to life of all persons with disabilities, and shall take all necessary measures to ensure its effective enjoyment by women, men, girls and boys in all stages of life.

2. The right to life also includes the right to survive.

3. Disability must not become a justifiation for the termination of life.

4. States Parties shall undertake effective measures to the prohibition of compulsory abortion at the instance of the State based on the pre-natal diagnosis of disability.

5. States Parties shall also prohibit all medical, biological and other experiments reducing the quality of life of persons with disabilities.

 

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h) promoting the training and legalization of guides, interpreters and guides-interpreters to ensure the access to information and communication to persons with disabilities according to their necessities.

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