UN ESCAP Workshop on Regional Follow-up to the Seventh Session and Preparation for the Eighth Session of the Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly on the Elaboration of a Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
Bangkok, Thailand, 20-21 July 2006

Materials:

Working Documents
Seventh AHC Documents
Country Papers
Reference Documents
Online Resources

Documentation for the Seminar

1. Working Document

To follow

2. Country Papers

Presentation Materials

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

3. Documents of the Seventh Session of the Ad Hoc Committee:

• Provisional Agenda (A/AC.265/2006/L.1)
• Organization of Work (A/AC.265/2006/L.2)
• Letter dated 7 October 2005 from the Chairman to all members of the Committee (A/AC.265/2006/1)
• Background Documents
• Report of seventh session the Ad Hoc Committee (A/AC.265/2006/2)
  [ Français | Español | عربي | Русский | 汉语 ]
• Statement by the High Commissioner for Human Rights
• Background Conference Document on Reasonable Accommodation
• Background Conference Document prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: Draft Final Provisions
• Background Conference Document on Accessibility to Information and Communication
• Expert paper on existing monitoring mechanisms, possible relevant improvements and possible innovations in monitoring mechanisms, prepared by the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights ( MS Word )
• Resolution on the Ad Hoc Committee - (A/RES/60/232)
  [ English | Français | Español ]

4. 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

5. 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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