UN ESCAP Workshop on Regional Follow-up to the Fifth Session and Preparation for the Sixth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on an International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
Bangkok, Thailand, 26-27 July 2005

Materials:

Seminar Documentation
Country Papers
Online resources

Documentation for the Seminar

Outcome Documents of the Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee:

1. UN website for the Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
   http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc5.htm
2. Report of the Fifth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
   http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc5reporte.htm
3. Revisions and amendments proposed at the Fifth Session
   http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc5contrib.htm
4. Daily summary of discussions (including NGO comments) of the Fifth session
   http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc5summary.htm
5. Side events at the Fifth Session
   http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc5sideevents.htm

Country Papers

Outcome Documents of the Fourth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee:

1. Final report

• Fourth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities 23 August to 3 September 2004
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4.htm
• Provisional Agenda
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4agenda.htm
• Organization of Work
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4orgwork.htm
• Draft Report of the Fourth Session
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4draftreporte.htm
• Amendments by the Chair to the Draft report of the fourth session of the Ad Hoc Committee
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4amendchair.htm

2. Interventions by NGOs, UN agencies and others

• Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions to the Ad Hoc Committee
• Japan Disability Forum
• Office of the High Commission on Human Rights
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3ohchr.htm
• International Labour Organization
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3ilo.htm
• Inclusion International
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3ii.htm
• Joint Council for the Physically and Mentally Disabled - Hong Kong
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3hkcss.htm
• Physical Disability Council of Australia Ltd.
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3pdca.htm
• Rehabilitation International
• World Blind Union
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3wbu.htm
• World Federation of the Deaf
• World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc3wnusp.htm

(See attached file: wfdcontribaug04.doc)

3. Governments' interventions by article

• Article 1:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da1.htm
• Article 2:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da2.htm
• Article 4:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da4.htm
• Article 5:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da5.htm
• Article 6:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da6.htm
• Article 7:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da7.htm
• Article 8:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da8.htm
• Article 9:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da9.htm
• Article 10:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da10.htm
• Article 11:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da11.htm
• Article 12:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da12.htm
• Article 13:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da13.htm
• Article 14:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da14.htm
• Article 15:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da15.htm
• Article 24 bis:
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4da24bis.htm 

4. Consolidated report

• Consolidation of proposals submitted by the Facilitator
  http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc4facilitator.htm

Basic document:

• Towards a Convention

Reference documents:

• UN ESCAP/CDPF Regional Meeting on an International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Beijing, China, 4-7 November 2003
  • Beijing Declaration on Elaboration of an International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities (adopted)
• 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
  • Includes: Bangkok Draft: Proposed Elements of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
  • Adopted set of General Recommendations and
  • the Final Report
• Bangkok Recommendations on the Elaboration of a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, (E/ESCAP/EGM-PWD/Rep 4 dated 4 June 2003). Full Report.
• Promoting Full Participation of Women with Disabilities in the Process of Elaboration on an International Convention to Promote and Protect the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Bangkok, Thailand
  First Phase: 18-22 August 2003 | Second Phase: 13 October 2003

Presentation Materials

Note: Accessible text versions of presentations are available as links within the Programme.

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/esid/psis/disability/decadenew/newdecade.asp]
• 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:

• Third Meeting of the Ad Hoc Committee on an international convention on promoting and protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. New York, 24 May - 4 June 2004. [ Third Meeting | Documents ]
• 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. New York, 16-27 June 2003. [ 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, New York, 27 July - 9 August 2002. [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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