Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
Publisher: Geneva United Nations 2006Description: 26 p. ; 30 cm.Subject(s): HUMAN RIGHTS
| DISABILITY | EQUALITY | CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES | ADVOCACYSummary: "The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced." - UN ENABLE WEBSITE
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| Book | IHC Library | 210 CON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | W002553 |
"The Convention is intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and where protection of rights must be reinforced." - UN ENABLE WEBSITE
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