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CRPD - The right to accessibility (2010) - Submissions

  • Accessibility for People with Intellectual Disabilities (Inclusion International)
  • European Disability Forum contribution to the Day of General Discussion
  • Accessibility Guidelines for Hard of Hearing Peoples (International Federation of Hard of Hearing People)
  • Accessibility and Human Rights Fusion in the CRPD: Assessing the Scope and Content of the Accessibility Principle and Duty under the CRPD (J. Lord, Harvard School of Law and DARE)
  • Accessibility and reasonable accommodation: Balancing between reasonableness” and “undue burden” in granting accessibility to the physical environment (Dr. Valerie Karr, Atlas Council)
  • Accessibility as a right of users and survivors of psychiatry/ people with psychosocial disabilities (World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP))
  • Accessibility to the social environment and the problem of unlawful reservations to article 29 of the Convention (Dr. Valerie Karr, Atlas Council)
  • Demonstrating Control of Decisions by Adults with Learning Difficulties who have High Support Needs (J. Edge, Joseph Rowntree Foundation)
  • Disability Parking Permit schemes around the world – helping people with a mobility handicap achieve mobility and access (B. Morris, Federation Internationale de l’Automobile)
  • Discussion Paper on a Pan-Disability and Neurodiverse Perspective on Article 9
  • Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments Submission
  • International Disability Alliance (IDA) submission
  • Memorandum submitted by G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs
  • Memorandum submitted by G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs, Annex 1
  • Memorandum submitted by G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs, Annex 2
  • Memorandum submitted by G3ict, the Global Initiative for Inclusive ICTs, Annex 3
  • OHCHR’s Work on Using Indicators to Promote and Monitor the Implementation of Human Rights (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights)
  • Paper by the World Blind Union on a WIPO Treaty for Improved Access for Blind, Visually Impaired and other Reading Disabled Persons (Submission 2)
  • Progress Report and Recommendations for the Implementation of the ICT Accessibility Dispositions of the CRPD (A. Leblois, G3ict)
  • Scandic submission
  • Statement on Article 9 – Accessibility - of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (International Disability and Development Consortium)
  • The Rights of Internally Displaced Persons with Disabilities: Mainstreaming in Action: A case study from Sri Lanka (CBM Australia)
  • UNICEF submission
  • Web accessibility in the European Context (Centre for Disability Law and Policy)
  • World Blind Union (Submission 1)
  • World Federation of the Deaf (presentation by P. Peterson)
  • Written Comments by the Mental Disability Advocacy Center

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    CESCR, CEDAW, CRC, CMW and CRPD hold "Days of General Discussion", and CERD holds “Thematic Discussions”. The Committee holds a discussion of a different topic on each of these Days, and may publish the results of the discussion in its annual or session report. Usually a number of background papers are submitted and published for the Day of Discussion.