From Exclusion to Equality: The Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a Handbook for Parliamentarians
Date: November 2007
Language: English
Author: Andrew Byrnes, Alex Conte, Jean- Pierre Gonnot, Linda Larsson, Thomas Schindlmayr, Nicola Shepherd, Simon Walker, and Adriana Zarraluqui
Publisher: UNDESA, OHCHR, IPU, with a G3ict contribution
Format: PDF
Size: 4 MB
Pages: 164
DownloadThis is a handbook for parliamentarians on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. Published by the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) and Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), 2007
Parliaments and parliamentarians have a key role to play in promoting and protecting human rights. This Handbook aims to assist parliamentarians and others in efforts to realize the Convention so that persons with disabilities can achieve the transition from exclusion to equality. The Handbook seeks to raise awareness of the Convention and its provisions, promote an appreciation of disability concerns, and assist parliaments in understanding the mechanisms and frameworks needed to translate the Convention into practice.