Sue & Michael,
This meeting didn't appear on any DPI circulation list or any other
International elist that I remember.
Maybe our friends in the UK or mainland Europe were involved and can tell us
more about it.
However these atendance at these meetings is usually by invitation.
Regards,
Frank
Sue Egan wrote:
> I have no idea to either of the questions Michael but I have to say I am
> pretty angry especially since PDCA did a lot of work around elections and
> access to... etc over the last couple of years. This would be a useful tool
> to follow it up with but has been met with deathly silence as no one seems
> to know about it.
>
> Is it that people (DPI for instance) don't think it important whether we get
> to vote or not? Well, if that's the case, take a long at how many of us
> were invovled in the marches for peace across Australia!!!!
>
> Sue Egan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Bleasdale" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 3:46 PM
> Subject: Re: [OZADV] anyone seen this before?
>
> > Dear Sue,
> >
> > No, but I'd be mighty interested in finding out what is the motivation for
> > this initiative, and why it hasn't come from from, for e.g., DPI.
> >
> > Michael Bleasdale
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Sue Egan" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 2:21 PM
> > Subject: [OZADV] anyone seen this before?
> >
> >
> > Has anyone seen this information before?
> >
> > Sue Egan
> >
> > International Workshop on 'Universal Rights for People with Disabilities'
> >
> >
> > Disability rights experts and activists, senior election administration
> > officials and international parliamentarians from more than 24 countries
> met
> > in Sigtuna, Sweden on 14-17th September to draft a global 'Bill of
> Electoral Rights for People with Disabilities' - the outcome of a first ever
> effort
> to
> > bring together concerned parties as equal partners to develop a global
> > initiative in this field. The new Bill of Rights defines and promotes the
> > fundamental rights of people with disabilities in relation to all aspects
> of
> > the electoral process, in particular: the right to a secret vote, full
> > physical accessibility of polling stations, and full and equal electoral
> > rights for people with mental disabilities.
> >
> > Meeting participants, who included Bengt Lindqvist, UN Special Rapporteur
> on
> > Disability, senior election administration officials from Canada, Ghana,
> > Indonesia, Lesotho and Jamaica and MPs from South Africa, Sri Lanka and
> > Namibia, also observed disabled access to elections in Sweden in visits to
> > polling stations in and around Stockholm on national electionday
> (September
> > 15th). The Sigtuna meeting was co-organized by International IDEA and the
> > International Foundation for Election Systems (IFES), and sponsored by the
> > Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (Sida).
> >
> > The Bill of Electoral Rights for People with Disabilities, which was
> > officially launched 17 September in Stockholm, outlines the
> responsibilities
> > of states for ensuring that people with disabilities enjoy the same rights
> > as other citizens with regard to elections and the electoral process. The
> > Bill is intended to act as a practical advocacy tool for disability
> > organizations and others working both nationally and internationally to
> > improve access to the electoral process for people with disabilities.
> >
> > For more information, contact:
> >
> > Kate Sullivan
> > Assistant Programme Officer, Elections
> > International IDEA
> >
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