[vicsireland] Fw: Human rights: historical ratification of the UN CRPD by the European Community
- From: "Gerard Ellis" <gerry.ellis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:12:57 -0000
Hi,
This news is massive! It is going to be the biggest driver for disability
rights for the next decade, or maybe in our lifetimes.
Now, all we need to do is to get Ireland to ratify it as well ...
Take Care,
Gerry Ellis
If you don't know where you're going,
How will you know when you get there?
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Subject: Human rights: historical ratification of the UN CRPD by the European
Community
HUMAN RIGHTS: HISTORIC RATIFICATION BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
26 November 2009 /// The European Community has just ratified the United
Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Unprecedented
step forward for the first human rights treaty ratified in the history of
Europe and a great signal sent to all EU Members States.
In today's session of the Council of the European Union, the European Community
ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (UN CRPD). This ratification represents a major policy shift
toward enforcing human rights obligations and putting disability on top of the
human rights agenda: this is the first time in the European Union history that
the Community is going to accede to an international human rights treaty.
Read more on EDF website and check full press release attached.
Contact us! It is a cornerstone moment for the European Union and persons with
disabilities.
Aurélien Daydé
Communication and media officer
European Disability Forum | nothing about us without us
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