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Ad Hoc Committee - Non-Governmental Organizations Contributions



 

Working Group

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

Second Session

Disability Awareness in Action, DAART Centre for Disability and Human Rights. Submission to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities, 2003

Disabled Peoples' International (DPI). Position Paper Regarding a New International Human Rights Convention for Disabled People, February 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
[ Français | Español ]

Inclusion International. Some reflections, proposals and recommendations for the IDA meeting on the Convention to Protect the Rights of Disabled Persons, February 2003 [ Español ]

Independent expert. Draft Convention

International Disability Alliance (IDA). Towards a UN Disability Convention: Statement for 2nd Ad Hoc Committee Session, 2 March 2003
[Français | Español]

Rehabilitation International (RI), The Arab Region Document: Toward a Comprehensive and integrated Convention on Protecting and promoting the Rights of Disabled Persons, March 2003.

World Blind Union, Manifesto for a United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: 'Equal Rights and Full inclusion as World Citizens,' February 2003. [ PDF format only ]

World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). Submission to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

Third Session

Australian NGOs

Center for International Rehabilitation

European Disability Forum

Landmine Survivors Network

Rehabilitation International

Save the Children

World Blind Union

World Federation of the DeafBlind

World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

Third and Fourth Sessions

Adaptive Environments

Bizchut – Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities ( MS Word | PDF )

Centre on Housing Rights and Evictions

Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education

o May, 2004

o August, 2004 ( MS Word )

Children’s Rights Alliance for England – CRAE ( MS Word | PDF )

European Disability Forum

Inclusion International

Indian NGO Consultative Meeting

International Disability Caucus on the Convention – 18 August, 2004 ( MS Word )

International Disability and Development Consortium

International Save the Children Alliance

o May, 2004

o August, 2004 ( MS Word )

International Commission of Jurists

Japan Disability Forum ( MS Word | PDF )

Joint Council for the Physically and Mentally Disabled – Hong Kong

Landmine survivors Network

o March, 2004

o August, 2004 ( MS Word )

Physical Disability Council of Australia Ltd

Rehabilitation International ( MS Word | PDF )

World Blind Union

Working Meeting of NGOs for people with disabilities from Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Moldova ( MS Word )

World Federation of the Deaf

o May, 2004

o August, 2004 ( MS Word )

World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

Fourth Session

Amnesty International (MS Word)

Bizchut – The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disability (MS Word)

International Disability Caucus
• Updated Contribution on the Draft Text (MS Word)
• Final Statement
Landmine Survivors Network
• Statement by Landmine Survivors Network on the Speed of the Process (MS Word)
People with Disabilities Australia
• Articles 1 to 15 (MS Word)
• Definitions (MS Word)
• International Cooperation (MS Word)
• Monitoring (MS Word)
• Title of the Convention (MS Word)

RESCARE (MS Word)

Save the Children (MS Word)

World Federation of the Deaf

• WFD Comments to the Fourth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee (MS Word)
• WFD Response to Government Proposals to Article 13 (MS Word)
• WFD Respuesta a las Propuestas de Gobiernos al Artํculo 13 (MS Word)

Fifth Session

International Disability Caucus

NGO Comments on the Draft text

 

 

 

 


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