Expert Group Meeting and Seminar on an International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
Bangkok, Thailand, 2-4 June 2003

Materials:

Seminar Documentation
Online resources

Presentations:

• Norms and Standards related to the rights of persons with disabilities
• Biwako Millennium Framework for Action Towards an Inclusive, Barrier-Free and Rights-Based Society for Persons with Disabilities in Asia and the Pacific

Documentation for the Seminar

There will be three types of documents: A basic document to guide discussions, reference documents on the process and documents presented during the seminar.

Basic documents:

• Proposal for a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Promotion and Protection of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and Pacific (ESCAP). Available at http://www.worldenable.net/bangkok2003/proposal.htm.

• Elements of a United Nations Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities: Issues and approaches. The document has been post on the Web at http://www.worldenable.net/bangkok2003/basic.htm.
  Online Discussion:
  • First Chat Topic: Who should be covered by the convention? (Discussion Paper for the On-line Seminar)
  • Second Chat topic: What kind of positive measures? (Discussion Paper for the On-line Seminar)

• Materials from UN High Commissioner for Human Rights: (1) The Human Rights System, (2) Myths and Challenges, (3) The International Bill of Rights, (4) What are Treaty Bodies? and (5) Human Rights and Disability

• Keynote Address: Towards International Convention on Diability. By A. Wardak, Minister of Martyrs and Disabled, Afghanistan

• Keynote Address: Preliminary Thoughts on a Binding Treaty to Promote Rights of People with Disabilities. By Anuradha Mohit, Special Rapporteur, National Human Rights Commission of India.

• Message by Kim Hak-Su, Executive Secretary of UNESCAP

• Message by Senator Eita Yashiro, Japan at the Expert Group Meeting and Seminar on an International Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

• UN Standard Rules as Tools to Promote Human Rights. By Yukiko Oka Nakanishi

• Note: select review of background and issues associated with elaboration of an international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. By Clinton Rapley

• Reflections on the proposed international convention on the human rights of persons with disabilities in the light of existing international human right standards: form, process and substance. By Andrew Byrnes, Professor of Law, Australian National University, Canberra , Australia

• The Right to Decent Work of Persons with Disabilities. Working Paper by Arthur O'Reilly, presented by the International Labour Organization (ILO)

Reference documents:

• Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly, Working Papers No. 1-3: A/AC.265/WP.1 | A/AC.265/WP.2 | A/AC.265/WP.3

Meeting documents:

• Working Documents
  • Proposed outline for the ESCAP regional input to the International Convention. Prepared by United Nations ESCAP Secretariat

• National Reports

ONLINE RESOURCES

Following are resource links provided in this website as background material to the seminar:

Mandate:

• General Assembly Resolution to establish an Ad Hoc Committee to study the question of a new international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disA56168e1.htm]
• World Programme of action concerning Disabled Persons (1982) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswpa00.htm]
• Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm]
• "United Nations Millennium Declaration" (General Assembly resolution 55/2) [http://www.un.org/millennium/declaration/ares552e.htm]
• Asian And Pacific Decade of Disabled Person 1993-2002 [http://www.unescap.org/sps/disability.htm]
• The Biwako Millenium Framework (Summary | Full Draft text)
• Report on the third mandate the Special Rapporteur on Disability of the United Nations Commission for Social Development (E/CN.5.2002/4, para. 72) [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disecn520024e0.htm]

Meetings:

• Promoting the Rights of People with Disabilities: Towards a New United Nations Convention, An International Workshop for National Human Rights Institutions from the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region. Organised by the National Human Rights Commission of India, the British Council and the Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, 26 – 29 May 2003, New Delhi, India
• Second Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. [ Second Meeting | Documents ]
• Américas regional seminar and workshop on norms and standards related to the rights of persons with disabilities and development (Quito, Republic of Ecuador, 9-11 April 2003) [http://www.worldenable.net/quito2003]
• Expert Group Meeting on international norms and standards related to disability (Mexico City, 11-14 June 2002). [http://www.sre.gob.mx/discapacidad]
• First Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities [http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/adhocmeet.htm]
  • NGO community contribution to the Ad Hoc Committee Meeting [http://www.worldenable.net/rights/adhocmeet.htm]
• Expert Group Meeting on Sustainable Livelihoods (Jakarta, Indonesia, 15-17 January 2002) [http://www.worldenable.net/livelihoods]

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