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Proposals to the draft text - Republic of Korea

Title:

• While in agreement with the EU’s position, can support “Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” should consensus emerge.

Preamble:

• Para (d): supports deletion of reference to “the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families”
• Para (l): proposes the addition at the end of para: “and the views and concerns of families and care-givers of persons with disabilities should be duly considered in such decision-making process.”

Article 2: General Principles:

• Supports the inclusion of “equality between men and women” as a separate para
• Proposes a new para on “self-representation of persons with disabilities”

Article 4: General Obligations

• Para 1(e): supports deletion of “private” in second line

Article 12: Freedom from violence and abuse

• Para 3: proposes to add at the end of the para: “education for persons with disabilities and support to their representative organizations”
• Proposes the addition of “abandonment” in front of “violence, injury or abuse, neglect…..” in paras 3, 4, 5 & 6

Article 13: Freedom of Expression and Opinion, and Access to Information

• Proposes inclusion of a new para before para (a): “providing equal access to information regarding electoral processes so as to ensure that persons with disabilities can exercise their political rights on an equal basis with others”
• Para (b): proposes replacement of “Accepting” with “Recognizing”
• Para (d): proposes addition at the end of para: “in consultation with and with the active involvement of persons with disabilities”