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INTERNATIONAL DISABILITY CAUCUS

Caucus Draft Introduction

Updated contribution on the draft text of

A Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

THIS DRAFT TEXT IS NOT A FINAL PROPOSAL BUT A WORKING PAPER THAT IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE

  VERSION: MARCH 3, 2005    

Since the Fourth and during the Fifth Ad Hoc Committee meeting, the members of the International Disability Caucus have continued their analysis and improvement of draft articles 8 through 15 and 24 bis.

This paper presents the work on articles 8 to 15. It also presents a series of info-sheets that were produced by the IDC to call attention to the most important issues related to such articles and concerning statements made at the plenary and/or circulated during the 5 th Ad Hoc Committee with the same purpose.

There is one folder for each article, which contains the IDC proposed article and supplementary advocacy papers on that article (info-sheets, statements, etc). he documentation is organized as follows.

Folders:

• Art 8: Caucus draft article 8, Info-sheet on article 8
• Art 9: Caucus draft article 9, Info-sheet on article 9, IDC statement on article 9 and 10.1, IDC response on article 9, Legal Capacity note, Plenary address on Legal Capacity
• Art 10: Caucus draft article 10, Info-sheet on article 10
• Art 11: Caucus draft article 11, Info-sheet on article 11, Supplementary paper on article 11, Plenary address on Forced Intervention
• Art 12: Caucus draft article 12, Info-sheet on article 12
• Art 13: Caucus draft article 13, Info-sheet on article 13, Plenary address on Access to Information
• Art 14: Caucus draft article 14
• Art 15: Caucus draft article 15, Info-sheet on article 15
• Access to Justice: Proposed article, Info-sheet on proposed article
• Other docs: Intervention at the side event on the Women With Disabilities 3rd February 2005 Kicki Nordström

Thank you for your attention.

International Disability Caucus on the Convention members;

Australian Federation of Disability Organizations

Bizchut , The Israel Human Rights Center for People with Disabilities
Canadian Association for Community Living
Center for International Rehabilitation

Council for Canadians with Disabilities

Danish Organization of disabled people
Disability Australia Ltd.
Disabled Peoples International
European Disability Forum
Forum of people with disabilities

Forum for Human Rights of people with disabilities – Costa Rica

Fiji Disabled People's Association
Handicap International
Inclusion International
Inter-American Institute on Disability
International Disability Convention Solidarity in Korea

Japan Disability Forum

Landmine Survivors Network
Lebanese Council of Disabled People LCDP
National Disability Party

National Association of Community Legal Centres

National Disability Council of Netherlands
People with Disability Australia Incorporated
People Who
Rehab Group
Rehabilitation International
Support Coalition International
World Blind Union
World Federation of the Deaf
World Federation of the Deafblind
World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
World Union for Progressive Judaism