Materials : Basic Documents : Objectives of the WorkshopObjectives of the
Workshop
Presented by Kay Nagata, on 14 October 2003, at 9:00am
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Objectives of the workshop (UNESCAP)
Regional Workshop towards a Comprehensive and Integral
International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons
with Disabilities
Bangkok, Thailand, 14-17 October 2003
Presented by Kay Nagata
Social Affairs Officer, PSIS/ESID
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Disability mainstreaming at the ESCAP region
- Disability mainstreaming in development; Implementation of the Biwako Millennium
Framework (women and disability, early intervention, education, employment and poverty
alleviation);
- Empowerment and Advocacy;
- Rights based approaches to development and advancement of persons with disabilities in
the Asian and Pacific Region.
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Toward the Elaboration of an International Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities:
- Overview of developments towards the proposed convention;
- Report of UNESCAP Expert Group Meeting on an International Convention to Protect and
Promote the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (2-4 June 2003, Bangkok
Thailand) and the Bangkok Recommendations;
- Report of the Second Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral
Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities (16-27 June 2003, New York)
- Report of the Workshop on Women and Disability (18-24 August 2003, Bangkok Thailand) on
critical review of the Bangkok Recommendations from a gender perspective;
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3 main working papers
- The Bangkok Recommendations;
- The Statement of Recommendations (position paper on gender dimension and critical
evaluation of the Bangkok Recommendations(;
- The draft of the "Bangkok Draft"
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Bangkok Recommendations
We, the participants in the Asian and Pacific regional expert group meeting on an
international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with
disabilities, met from 2-4 June 2003 in Bangkok.
We are convinced that a new international human rights treaty is necessary to ensure
that persons with disabilities enjoy all their human rights.
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What is the Bangkok Draft - Full Text Version of the Bangkok Recommendations,
incorporating gender dimension
Bangkok Draft on the Elaboration of a Comprehensive and Integral
International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities
(Draft of the Bangkok Draft for your discussion)
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Working Group Discussions
Critical Analysis of a key working document (the Bangkok Draft) for adoption
- Preamble, objectives, scope/definitions.
- General and specific obligations of States parties.
- Guarantee of equality and non-discrimination, guarantees of specific rights.
- Monitoring/review/remedy mechanisms, miscellaneous provisions.
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Discussion of Group Recommendations and Finalizing the Bangkok Draft
(by the Drafting Committee and the Workshop facilitator) for adoption in
the plenary
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What is the next step after this workshop?
- To submit this adopted version as experts' opinion to the Working Group commissioned
under the Ad Hoc Committee through UN DESA NY;
- To submit this document to the forthcoming ESCAP/CDPF Seminar on the Convention for
government high rank officials in the region, for their political support and endorsement
(4-7 Nov. 2003, Beijing Declaration);
- To submit Beijing Declaration to the Working Group/Ad Hoc Committee;
- Working Group's utilizing the contents of the Bangkok Draft for drafting the Convention
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Mechanism
- To discuss selected elements in each group and critically evaluate the provisional
Draft;
- To incorporate constructive comments, by revising, rephrasing, deleting (if necessary)
and adding;
- Avoiding too abstract and conceptual comments, in favor of writing alternative texts;
- We must finalize the full text version, incorporating our comments for adoption.
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Thank you
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