[vicsireland] Re: Fw: [Irl-dean] Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiesset to enter into force on 3 May 08 (FYI)

"Maureen Newelll" <mcnewell@xxxxxxxxxx> · Wed, 9 Apr 2008 09:17:38 +0100

I wouldn't get overjoyed about this Gerry.  They can ratify all the Conventions 
they like but little will change at grassroots level.  The vast majority of the 
population lack empathy and you cannot instill this quality into an individual, 
they either have it or not.  On paper this all sounds wonderful but the vast 
majority will still have the usual prejudices meeted out to them.

Maureen.  
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gerry Ellis 
  To: vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2008 8:03 AM
  Subject: [vicsireland] Fw: [Irl-dean] Convention on the Rights of Persons 
with Disabilitiesset to enter into force on 3 May 08 (FYI)

  Hi,

  I thoughyt this might be of interest to some here.

  Thanks to Mark Magennis.

  Take care,

  Gerry Ellis
  t/a Feel The BenefIT

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  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Mark Magennis 
  To: Irl-DeAN 
  Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2008 2:34 PM
  Subject: [Irl-dean] Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiesset 
to enter into force on 3 May 08 (FYI)

    WITH 20 RATIFICATIONS, LANDMARK DISABILITY TREATY SET TO ENTER INTO FORCE 
ON 3 MAY 
    Ecuador today became the twentieth country to ratify the landmark 
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which is now set to 
enter into force on 3 May. The Convention needed 20 ratifications to take 
effect.

    The Convention, the first new human rights treaty of the twenty-first 
century, is designed to protect the rights of the world’s estimated 650 million 
people with disabilities.

    With 126 countries having signed the Convention since 30 March 2007, and 71 
having signed its Optional Protocol, which will enter into force at the same 
time, the treaty will allow individuals and groups to petition for relief. The 
Convention takes effect 30 days after the twentieth ratification, and a 
Conference of the Parties must be convened within six months.

    Progress towards moving the Convention into force has been relatively quick 
and has been attributed to the strong commitment of United Nations Member 
States, as well as advocacy by the global disability movement, which was 
instrumental in drafting the pact. Jamaica was the first country to ratify the 
Convention, and this week, Jordan, Tunisia and Ecuador ratified it, providing a 
sufficient number of parties for the Convention to enter into force.

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon congratulated the States that 
have already ratified the Convention so far. = 3The Convention, together with 
its Optional Protocol, is deeply rooted in the firm commitment of the 
international community to rectifying the egregious neglect and dehumanizing 
practices that violate the human rights of persons with disabilities.” He 
added: “This is a historic moment in the history of our quest for realization 
of the universal human rights for all persons.”

    As many as two thirds of United Nations Member States have no legal 
protection for people with disabilities, according to the United Nations Focal 
Point on Disability, Akiko Ito, even though they comprise 1 in 10 of the global 
population.

    The Convention seeks to “ensure that people with disabilities enjoy the 
universal human rights that everyone else does in their respective societies”.

    Adopted by the General Assembly in December 2006, the Convention was one of 
the fastest treaties ever negotiated at the United Nations. The pact provides 
that States which ratify it must enact laws and other measures to improve 
disability rights and also abolish legislation, customs and practices that 
discriminate against persons with disabilities.

    The Convention does not see disability as an unchangeable medical 
condition, but as the result of interaction between people and removable 
hurdles. “Disability,” it says, “results from the interaction between persons 
with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinders their 
full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.”

    The Convention has prompted action even before entering into force. Jamaica 
has drafted a National Disability Act, while Panama and Trinidad and Tobago has 
incorporated the Convention into national legislation. Activists around the 
world have called on their Governments to ratify and implement the treaty.

    The United Nations will convene a special ceremony in the General Assembly 
Hall to mark the Convention’s entry into force, in New York on 12 May, with 
participants from Governments, United Nations agencies and civil society.

    For more information, please contact Franck Kuwonu, Department of Public 
Information, tel.: +1 212 963 8264, e-mail: Kuwonu@xxxxxx; or Sayre Nyce, 
Department of Economic and Social Affairs, tel.: +1 917 367 8090, e-m ail 
nyce@xxxxxxx

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