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fyi. ----- Original Message ----- From: lex.grandia To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 10:14 AM Subject: [AdHoc_IDC] Fw: Human Rights Council in Geneva adopts resolution - text This is great news. my friends, come back soon, Lex Grandia ----- Original Message ----- From: marianne schulze Sent: Friday, March 28, 2008 11:14 AM Subject: Human Rights Council in Geneva adopts resolution - text The Human Rights Council yesterday adopted the following resolution entitled "human rights of persons with disabilities", best marianne HUMAN RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES The Human Rights Council, Recalling relevant resolutions of the General Assembly, the most recent of which are resolution 62/170 concerning the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol, and resolution 62/127 concerning the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, Recalling also relevant resolutions of the former Commission on Human Rights, the most recent of which is resolution 2005/65, as well as those of the Commission for Social Development, Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, inter-dependence and inter-relatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination, Recognising that disability is an evolving concept and that disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others, Recognising the importance of accessibility to the physical, social, economic and cultural environment, to health and education and to information and communication, in enabling persons with disabilities to fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms, Recognising the importance of international cooperation for improving the living conditions of persons with disabilities in every country, particularly in developing countries, Recognising that women and girls with disabilities are often subject to multiple discrimination, and emphasising the need to incorporate a gender perspective in all efforts to promote the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities, 1. Reaffirms the need to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity, and in this regard, calls upon Governments to take active measures to: a) Prevent and prohibit all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities; and b) Ensure, for persons with disabilities, full and effective participation and inclusion; respect for their individual autonomy including the freedom to make one’s own choices, and independence; and equality of opportunity; 2. Welcomes the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol on 13 December 2006, and expresses the hope that they will enter into force at an early date; 3. Welcomes also that since the opening for signature of the Convention and Optional Protocol on 30 March 2007, 125 States have signed and 17 have ratified the Convention, and that 71 States have signed and 11 have ratified the Optional Protocol, and calls upon those States and regional integration organisations which have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention and the Optional Protocol as a matter of priority; 4. Welcomes the attention that several special rapporteurs have paid to the rights of persons with disabilities in carrying out their mandates and requests special procedures, in carrying out their mandates, to take into account the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by persons with disabilities; 5. Encourages the Human Rights Council’s Advisory Committee, and other mechanisms of the Human Rights Council, to integrate the perspective of persons with disabilities, as appropriate, in carrying out their work and in their recommendations to the Human Rights Council so as to facilitate the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the work of the Human Rights Council; 6. Urges all stakeholders to give consideration to the rights of persons with disabilities at all stages of the universal periodic review, including during the consultations carried out by States at the national level for the preparation of information to be submitted for the review, so as to include national human rights institutions and non-governmental organisations representing persons with disabilities in such consultations; 7. Welcomes the attention paid to the rights of persons with disabilities in the work of several human rights treaty monitoring bodies and encourages all such bodies to further integrate the perspective of persons with disabilities in their work, including in their monitoring activities and through the issuing of General Comments; 8. Urges Governments to address fully, in consultation with, inter alia, national human rights institutions and organisations of persons with disabilities, the rights of persons with disabilities when fulfilling their reporting obligations under the relevant United Nations human rights instruments and welcomes the efforts of those Governments that have begun to do so; 9. Welcomes the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on progress in the implementation of the recommendations contained in the study on the human rights of persons with disabilities (A/HRC/7/61) and invites the High Commissioner to continue to provide adequate support to the integration of the perspective of persons with disabilities in the work of the Human Rights Council and to continue the activities of her Office that contribute to raising awareness and understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, including in cooperation with the Department for Economic and Social Affairs; 10. Encourages States to raise awareness regarding the rights of persons with disabilities, including through public awareness campaigns and training programmes, to combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices as well as attitudinal barriers relating to persons with disabilities and to promote positive perceptions and greater social awareness of persons with disabilities; 11. Encourages the High Commissioner for Human Rights to take fully into account the progressive implementation of standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and underlines the need for the Human Rights Council, including its internet resources, to be fully accessible to persons with disabilities; 12. Encourages States to take appropriate measures to identify and eliminate obstacles and barriers to accessibility for persons with disabilities, in particular to ensure that persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communications, and to other facilities open or provided to the public, both in urban and rural areas; 13. Welcomes the important role played by national human rights institutions and civil society organisations, including organisations of persons with disabilities, in the negotiation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and encourages relevant institutions and organisations to continue their efforts to promote understanding of the Convention and, where appropriate, its implementation; 14. Encourages the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue to strengthen its partnerships with and its outreach activities towards civil society organizations, with a particular emphasis on organizations representing persons with disabilities, so as to raise awareness amongst them about the work of the human rights system; 15. Decides to hold an annual interactive debate in one of its regular sessions on the rights of persons with disabilities and that the first such debate will take place at its tenth session, focussing on key legal measures for ratification and effective implementation of the Convention, including with regard to equality and non-discrimination. 16. Requests the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a thematic study to enhance awareness and understanding of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, focussing on key legal measures for ratification and effective implementation of the Convention including with regard to equality and non-discrimination, in consultation with States, civil society organisations, including organisations of persons with disabilities, and national human rights institutions, and requests that the study be available on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in an accessible format, prior to the Human Rights Council’s tenth regular session. 17. Notes the General Assembly’s request to the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its next session a report on the status of the Convention and the Optional Protocol and the implementation of resolution 62/170 and requests the Secretary-General to also submit the aforementioned report to the Human Rights Council as a contribution to its discussion of the rights of persons with disabilities. 18. Invites the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the Commission for Social Development to continue cooperating with the Human Rights Council and to address the Human Rights Council on activities undertaken pursuant to his/her mandate, in accordance with the Human Rights Council’s Programme of Work. marianne schulze :: human rights consultant c: +43 (0)699.11.877.368 e: [log in to unmask] w: www.humanrightsconsultant.at __._,_.___ Your email settings: Individual Email|Traditional Change settings via the Web (Yahoo! 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