Citizens With Disabilities –
Human Rights Issues
UN
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The United Nations (UN) has developed the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Canada has signed it, but so far has not yet ratified it. Once Canada ratifies it, we will be expected to live up it. CWDO encourages Canada to ratify this Convention.
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Click here for an easy-to-read version of the Convention in .pdf format
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Click here to read the official version of the Convention in .html format
Consultations
- CWDO's response to the Canadian Government's Consultation on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Disability Rights Declaration
The ODSP
Action Coalition is asking individuals and
groups to endorse their Disability Declaration. The
Declaration sets out some of the rights that people with
disabilities have according to the UN Convention on the
Rights of People with Disabilities, and then states what
changes the Ontario government needs to make to ODSP to
fulfill those rights. Although Canada has not yet
ratified the Convention, the Coalition believes it is
important for people with disabilities and organizations
that work with them to use it in articulating how and
why their needs must be met.
To endorse the Disability Declaration, please send a
message indicating your support to the Coalition
co-chairs, Nancy Vander Plaats and Kyle Vose; by email:
vanderpn@lao.on.ca,
or by snail mail c/o Scarborough Community Legal
Services; 695 Markahm Rd; Suite 9, Scarborough, ON M1H
2A5. Please include your full name, address and
organization (if any) on your message. If you have any
questions contact Kyle at 647 885-9272, or Nancy at 416
438-7206.
Websites
- Disability Rights Promotion International (D.R.P.I.)
- International Disability Alliance
- United Nations Enable Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities
- U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- International Day of Persons with Disabilities - December 3, 2009
Reports
UN Disability Rights Bulletin (October 2009)
The Ontario Human Rights Commission’s 2008/09 Annual Report is now available:
News
DPI Disability Convention Daily Update - September
2, 2009 Second Conference of States Parties of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Click here to read what happened at the Conference.
The
International Disability Alliance now has a new
website, designed to be fully accessible for users with
screen readers and related software. As a related
effort, they will be also starting work on a new IDA
Facebook page.
Last updated October 21, 2009