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- List of Contributions

- Compilation of Proposals

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 was 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. 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 addition to the above, a Compilation of Proposals for Elements of a Convention (both in accessible html version and in MS Word file) was 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.

List of Contributions:

Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee:

• Chair's draft text (I-IV): Elements of a Comprehensive and Integral Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, 15 December 2003 (Chair's Draft)
• Chair's draft text (V): Draft elements on implementation: Application, Implementation and Monitoring of the Convention. Date of submission: 24 December 2003
• Chair's draft text: Preamble, submission date: 7 January 2004

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:

• African Regional Workshop: Regional Workshop on Promoting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Towards a New UN Convention, Munyonyo-Kampala, Uganda, 5-6 June 2003
• Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region International Workshop: An International Workshop for National Human Rights Institutions from the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region, New Delhi, India, 26-29 May 2003

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:

• ILO: Submission to Working Group set up by the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee to consider proposals for a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Date of submission: 18 December 2003
• UNICEF: Proposals to the Working Group on the International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

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:

• On-line consultation organized by DESA: comments on the draft text presented by Mexico
• Coalition of Individuals, Organisations and Agencies of the People, for the People and by the People with Disabilities in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Russia, Belarus, Moldova and Poland), Date of submission: 13 December 2003 (Coalition Eastern Europe)

Compilation of proposals for elements of a convention

(Download MS Word version)

The Compilation is organized under the following headings:

Part I. Preamble

Part II. Statement of Objectives and General Principles

Part III. Scope/Definitions

Part IV. General Obligations of States Parties

Part V. Guarantee of Equality and Non-Discrimination

Part VI. Guarantees of Specific Rights

Part VII. Monitoring Mechanisms

Part VIII. Final/General Provisions

Each section is divided into General Comments and Specific Proposals, under which contributions from Governments, National Human Rights Institutions, IGOs/regional meetings, NGOs, and others/individuals (except Part VIII. Final/General Provisions which contains only the Specific Proposals) are presented in the sequence.

Disclaimer: Elements of a draft convention included in this Compilation were directly incorporated from the contributions received, without any editing.