>From: "Philip Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: "Philip Thomas" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: FW: An invitation to ConventionYES
>Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2006 10:00:14 -0000
>
>
>Please, can I ask you to sign this and distribute it widely?
>
>Many thanks
>
>Phil
>Philip Thomas
>Senior Research Fellow
>Centre for Citizenship and Community Mental Health
>School of Health Studies
>University of Bradford
>25 Trinity Road
>Bradford BD5 0BB
>07903 113 290
>
>http://www.brad.ac.uk/acad/health/research/cccmh/index.php
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [log in to unmask] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: 11 February 2006 01:01
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: An invitation to ConventionYES
>
>Dear Phil Thomas:
>
>Dear all, -
>
>Here is a petition about the UN Convention on Human Rights and Dignity for
>People with Disabilities, which I, Maths Jesperson, and my INTAR-friend
>John
>McCarthy from Cork,last month made some remarkable influence on, when we
>took part in the Ad Hoc Comittee 7 in UN in New York. I will tell you more
>about this in a seperate mail.
>
>Maths
>
>Over five hundred million people, nearly 10 percent of the world's
>population, have a disability.
>
>Every day, millions of people with disabilities are subjected to inhumane
>and degrading treatment, including forced institutionalization and physical
>abuse.
>
>Existing legal protections are not sufficient to safeguard the rights of
>people with disabilities, especially in developing countries where
>approximately two thirds of people with disabilities live.
>
>Even in the few countries that have passed comprehensive disability
>legislation, people with disabilities still face mistreatment,
>discrimination and barriers to access and inclusion in employment, housing,
>education, transportation, emergency assistance and other services.
>
>It's time for change.
>
>The United Nations (UN) is currently negotiating a treaty, known as the
>Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, to ensure that human
>rights standards are extended to people with disabilities. Please follow
>the
>link below to add your name to an online petition urging government leaders
>around the world to ratify a strong Convention.
>
>http://www.conventionyes.org/content.cfm?ID=585C76&iu=5B5D7570534E
>
>Thank you for helping to advance the ongoing struggle for universal human
>rights.
>
>Sincerely,
>Maths Jesperson
>
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