RESOURCE: Brochure on People with Intellectual Disabilities and Disability Rights Treaty
People with intellectual disabilities around the world face enormous challenges in realizing basic human rights such as access to education; legal capacity (the right to make their own decisions); the right to live with their families; and the right to live in the community–not an institution. The new disability rights treaty–the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)–is designed in part to help with these challenges. The CRPD, which has now been ratified by 24 countries, will enter into force on May 3, 2008 simultaneously with the Optional Protocol, which has been ratified by 14 countries.
But how can people with intellectual disabilities and their families use the CRPD to achieve their human rights? And how can people who create and implement policy support their efforts? A new brochure from Inclusion International (PDF format, 585 Kb) provides guidance. The eight-page brochure summarizes how people with intellectual disabilities and their families around the world helped to create the CRPD; how the CRPD helps address some of their key human rights concerns; and the important role of families in guiding, developing, and implementing policies.
The English version of the brochure can be downloaded in PDF format (585 Kb) at:
http://inclusion-international.org/site_uploads/File/HearOurVoices-Priority%20Web.08.pdf
The Arabic version of the brochure (without pictures) can be downloaded in Word format (515 Kb) at:
http://inclusion-international.org/site_uploads/File/CRPD%20arab.doc
We Can Do learned of this brochure through the Disabled People International (DPI) e-newsletter.
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