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E/CN.4/Sub.2/1995/L.23
15 August 1995
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COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
Sub-Commission on Prevention of
Discrimination and Protection
of Minorities
Forty-seventh session
Agenda item 16 (b)
PROMOTION, PROTECTION AND RESTORATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
AT NATIONAL, REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVELS:
HUMAN RIGHTS AND DISABILITY
Mr. Alfonso Mártinez, Mr. Ali Khan, Mr. Chernichenko,
Mr. Eide, Mr. El-Hajjé, Mr. Fan Guoxiang, Mr. Genot,
Mr. Guissé, Mrs. Gwanmesia, Mr. Hakim, Mr. Hatano,
Mr. Khalifa, Mrs. Koufa, Mr. Lindgren Alves, Mrs. Mbonu,
Ms. Warzazi and Mr. Yimer: draft resolution
1995/... Human rights and disability
The Sub-Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of
Minorities,
Recalling its resolutions 1993/22 of 20 August 1993 and 1994/10 of
19 August 1994 and the reference therein to the Vienna Declaration and
Programme of Action, adopted by the World Conference on Human Rights, which
reaffirm that persons with disabilities should be guaranteed equal opportunity
through the elimination of all barriers, be they physical, financial, social
or psychological, which exclude or restrict full participation in society,
GE.95-13487 (E)
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Noting the report prepared by the Secretary-General
(E/CN.4/Sub.2/1994/35) pursuant to the request of the Sub-Commission in
resolution 1993/22 for information on the coordination endeavours, and their
results, undertaken by the various United Nations organs and bodies concerned
with the protection of persons with disabilities,
Noting also that the Commission on Human Rights, in its
resolution 1995/58 of 3 March 1995, reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring that
the rights of persons with disabilities and their concerns for full
participation in community affairs would continue to be addressed in all its
work,
Recognizing that the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities
for Persons with Disabilities (General Assembly resolution 48/96, annex) in
themselves do not contain legal clauses that obligate States to respect
pertinent provisions of the International Bill of Human Rights and other human
rights instruments, such as the Convention on the Rights of the Child,
Mindful of its continuing responsibility, under Commission on Human
Rights resolution 8 (XXIII) and Economic and Social Council
resolution 1235 (XLII), to study, each year, situations which reveal a
consistent pattern of violations of human rights and fundamental freedoms set
out in the International Bill of Human Rights and in pertinent United Nations
treaties,
1. Requests the Secretary-General to report in 1996 to the
Sub-Commission regarding coordination endeavours which affect persons with
disabilities, with emphasis on activities of the other United Nations
organizations and bodies that deal with alleged violations of the legal
obligations of States under the International Bill of Human Rights and
United Nations treaties that protect persons with disabilities;
2. Encourages all the human rights treaty-monitoring bodies to respond
positively to invitations from the Sub-Commission and the Commission to
monitor the compliance of States with their commitments under the relevant
human rights instruments in order to ensure the full enjoyment of those rights
by persons with disabilities and that they respond in writing;
3. Requests the Secretary-General, in continuing response to the
concern of the General Assembly expressed in its resolution 48/99 of
20 December 1993 regarding the need to give higher priority and viability to
disability issues, to help ensure wide distribution of the report of the
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Special Rapporteur, Mr. Leandro Despouy, entitled Human Rights and Disabled
Persons (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.92.XIV.4), in which
international mechanisms for the protection of persons with disabilities, such
as a moderator or ombudsman, are proposed;
4. Recognizes the contribution of non-governmental organizations,
especially organizations of persons with disabilities, in the global effort to
bring about full participation and equality for persons with disabilities;
5. Decides to remain seized of the question and to consider it at its
forty-eighth session under the same agenda item.
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