Americas regional seminar/workshop

Materials:

Presentación:
Normas y estándares sobre los derechos de las personas con discapacidad

Presentation:
Norms and Standards related to the rights of persons with disabilities

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. The first two types will be in Spanish and English, the third in the language of presentation.

Basic document:

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/
quito2003/basic.htm

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

The Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities

Meeting documents:

National Reports

Reports presented by non-governmental organizations
- NGO STATEMENT submitted to the Americas Regional Seminar and Workshop on Norms and Standards related to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Development

Documentación para el seminario

Habrán tres tipos de documentos: Un documento básico para guiar las discusiones, documentos de referencia sobre el proceso y documentos presentado durante la reunión. Los primeros dos tipos serán en español e inglés, el tercero en el idioma de entrega.

Documento Básico:

Elementos de una Convención amplia e integral para promover y proteger los derechos y la dignidad de las personas con discapacidad: Temas y enfoques
El documento esta publicado en el web en http://www.worldenable.net/
quito2003/basico.htm

Documentos de Referencia:

Comité Especial de la Asamblea General, Documentos de Trabajo Nos. 1-3.

A/AC.265/WP.1 | A/AC.265/WP.2 | A/AC.265/WP.3

Convención Interamericana para la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra las Personas con Discapacidad

Documentos de la Reunión

Informes nacionales

Informes presentados por organizaciones no gubernamentales
- DECLARACION de las ONG sometida a consideración en el Seminario y Taller Regional sobre Normas y Estándares relacionados con los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad y el Desarrollo

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. [English: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disA56168e1.htm; Spanish: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disA56168s1.htm]
World Programme of action concerning Disabled Persons (1982) [English: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswpa00.htm; Spanish: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswps00.htm]
Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities [English: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm; Spanish: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissres00.htm]
"United Nations Millennium Declaration" (General Assembly resolution 55/2) [http://www.un.org/spanish/millenniumgoals/ares552.html].
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) [English: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disecn520024e0.htm; Spanish: http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/disecn520024s0.htm]

Meetings:

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]
Organización de los Estados Americanos, Asamblea General. "Convención Interamericana para la Eliminación de Todas las Formas de Discriminación contra las Personas con Discapacidad", AG/RES 1608 (XXIX-/0/99), 7 de junio1999 [http://www.oas.org/Assembly2001/assembly/esp/aprobada1608.htm]

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	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