Workshop to Accelerate the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

18-21 August 2011, Delhi, India

Ms. Saowalak Thongkuay,Regional Development Officer,Disabled Peoples’ International Asia Pacific

1993-2002, the 1st Asia Pacific Decade of Person with disability ;

2003-2012, the 2nd Asia Pacific Decade of Person with Disability

October 2002, the high-level intergovernmental meeting held in Otsu, Shiga, Japan adopted as

guideline for action the “Biwako MillenniumFramework for Action towards an Inclusive, Barrier

free and Rights-based Society for Persons withDisabilities in Asia and the Pacific” (BMF). BMF promotes a paradigm shift from a charity-

basedto a rights-based approach to disability.

1. Reinforcing rights based approach to disability issues;2.Promoting an enabling environment andstrengthening effective mechanisms for policyformulation and implementation; 3. Improving the availability and quality of data and other

information on disabilities for policyformulation and implementation;4. Promoting disability-inclusive development;5. Strengthening comprehensive community basedapproaches to disability issues for the prevention of the causes

of disability and for the rehabilitation and empowerment of persons with disabilities.

2006 adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) and its Optional Protocol.

( 21 countries ratify, 7 ratify OP )

Concepts Non-discrimination, equality and other basic principles of human rights treaties

Characteristics

Civil, political, social, economic and cultural rights. Amplification of existing rights in disability terms.Accessibility as a stand alone article.International cooperation.

Structures Preamble, 50 Articles , Objectives General .Principles, Definitions General Obligations, Guarantee of Equality and non-discrimination Guarantee of specific rights State Obligations, Monitoring Mechanisms Additional, Articles on Signing, Ratification, Entry, Reservations, Amendments, reservations, etc.

Stakeholders Gov. that ratified the Convention, Focal points of the Convention., DPOs.Human rights commission, Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Development organizations, UN Agencies.

Monitoring Mechanism

National monitoring (focal point, independent commission)Global monitoring (Committee procedures, individual communications, general comments, concluding remarks of the Committee)Global attentions

Get to know CRPD

Timelines of BMF, MDGs and CRPD

Source: ESCAP

BMF Convention MDGs

Legality

Non- binding Binding Non-binding

Focus Regional-specific

Global

Disability-specific

Global

Not disability-specific

Time 2012 Eternal once effective

Bound to 2015

Nature of the documents

Strategy A Strategy B

Title The 3rd Decade New Decade

Structures

Preamble Preamble

Principles and Policy directions

Principles

Target and Action Plan Priority Areas for Action

Mechanism for Implementation and Cooperation

Action in the Priority Areas

Review and Evaluation Action Requires

Strategy A Strategy B

Preamble

1. Definition of disability 1. International efforts

2. International efforts 2. Ratify CRPD without reservation

3. Improvement and failure of the 2nd Decade

3. Empower and mainstreaming disability perspective

4. Introduce all CRPD 4. Purpose New Decade

5. Detailed of strategies for international cooperation

5. Development of a new strategic framework to implement the decade

6. Active participation of PWDs and effective monitoring and review

Strategy A Strategy B

Principle 1.Social Perspectives 1. Person-Center policy

And Policy 2. Disability and gender sensitive 2. Sub Regional Mechanism

Direction 3. Disability identity 3. Multi-secteral partnership

4.Full participation 4. Independent living and

5. Rights of Minority with disability Inclusive Development

6. CBS 5. Capacity building

7. International cooperation and resource mobilization

6. Inclusive business development

8. Resource allocation to remote area And network collaboration with DPOs

9. Systematic and financial support to SHGs, inter’ Exchange

7. Non discrimination

10. International cooperation fund

11. Sub Regional Mechanism meeting

12. National Disability Development Plan

13. Universal design

14. Disability Inclusive Development

Strategy A : Targets and Action Plan

Strategy B: Priority Area for Action

1. Ratify CRPD without reservation, and Optional Protocol:

1. Recognition of fundamental human rights

- GO should: Ratify, educate, translation and distribution CRPD. Develop and us Guide book)

2. Harmonies local law with the CRPD 2. Accessibility

- GO should: Law legislation and local law relate to CRPD.

- Information communication technology, employment, education, transportation, built environments, healthcare and services, justice

3. Strengthen support to PWDs and SHO of PWDs. 3. Promoting using appropriate teminologies

- GO should: strengthen systematic and financial support for capacity building.

4. Protect the rights of women with disabilities 4. Reforming domestic laws with reference to CRPD

- GO should: Guarantee rights and full participation of women with disabilities, accessibility to social protection and poverty reduction program

5. Protect the rights of minorities with disabilities 5. Capacity building of DPOs.

- GO should: Implementation policy and service include the disability perspective in law, policy an system by 2017

Strategy A : Targets and Action Plan

Strategy B: Priority Area for Action

6. Support children with disabilities to set their identity.

6. Budget allocation and the well being of persons

- GO should: develop and expand programs, 2017 the participation of Children and Youth in policy

7. Raise Awareness on Persons with Disabilities 7. Freedom from abuse against PWDs.

- GO should: support DPOs’s consultation system to monitor disability portrayal in media. Independent mass media of DPOs and PWDs.

8. Realize Independent Living of PWDs. 8. . PWDs without any distinction in both rural and remote areas.

- GO should: Set Nation plan by 2014, service delivery system, eradicate all system and facility which discriminate PWDs.

9. Establish a disability-tailored social welfare system

9. Independent Living in community

- GO should: by 2017, establish social protection system. By 2014, mandate social safety system, survey and research provide reasonable cost.

10. Strengthen human Rights education over PWDs 10. Equal and full participants of PWDs

- GO should: support SHO to conduct SHO, Trainees of human rights education over PWDs

Strategy A : Targets and Action Plan

Strategy B: Priority Area for Action

11. Guarantee education rights of PWDs 11. Implementation of the New Decade at regional level

- GO should: guarantee equal opportunity, provide accessibility service in building and textbook. Disability perspective compulsory education system and reduce the ratio uneducated with disabilities.

12. Consider evacuation process for PWDs in case of disaster

12. Monitoring and Evaluation

- GO should: develop and adopt emergency manual by 2014, evacuate PWDs system, accessible evacuation, diversity disaster preparedness for PWDs.

13. Improve accessibility for PWDs

- GO should: work with PWDs to improve accessibility in build environment, measure to supply IT assistive devices, broadcasting accessibility and cooperate for an international joint research to increase accessibility.

14. Create Job for PWDs

- GO should: reduce unemployment rate, job training and employment with accessibility, supervise discrimination company and support company hire PWDs

Strategy A : Mechanism for Implementation and Cooperation

Strategy B: Action in the Priority Area

1. DPO Network: ESCAP and GO should, 1. Recognition of fundamental human rights

- Establish and support DPOs network: implementation and annual meeting.

- Non discrimination law and policy based CRPD

2. Enhance international exchange and cooperation among DPOs.

2. Accessibility

- GO should support DPOs. International exchange and cooperation in sub region.

-Accessibility technology and informational accessibility including sign language interpreter and Braille transcription; - Promote decent work and employability of PWDs based on social model; - Inclusive educational system at all levels included training program of teacher; - Funding campaigns for accessibility in build environment and reasonable accommodation - Collaboration with DPOs and other experts in human rights field, provision of personal assistance care and medical services and capacity to DPOs to be self defend.

Strategy A : Mechanism for Implementation and Cooperation

Strategy B: Action in the Priority Area

3. International Cooperation Fund for PWDs in AP 3. Promotion of use appropriate terminologies.

- Establish Asia Pacific Disability Cooperation Foundation collaboration which go, business, international development agency and SHOs. Fund for sub region implementation of CRPD and activities.

- Appropriate terminology used in official documents definite by CRPD ;- Awareness rising.

4. Disability related Social Development goal in AP 4. Reforming domestic laws with reference to CRPD

- GO should: include disability issues into MDGs, Disability related social development goal in AP, ESCAP member allocate ratio of total budget to support disability issues, Create Asia and Pacific Disabled Persons Development Committee.

- PWDs be majortityin a committee to harmonize domestic laws with the CRPD.

5. Capacity building of disabled persons’ organizations

- Full Participation of DPOs to design policies, programs and implementing

6. Budget allocation and the well-being of persons

- 3% of GDP allocates to develop community services in rural and urban.

Strategy A : Mechanism for Implementation and Cooperation

Strategy B: Action in the Priority Area

7. Freedom from abuse against persons with disabilities.

- Law to prevent of abuses and monitoring body with DPOs.

8. PWDs without any distinction in both rural and remote areas

- Mainstream disadvantage of PWDs

9. Independent living in community

-- Forced hospitalization, intervention include long-term hospitalization and detention;--Health service, social model service and PA Service

10. Equal and full participation of persons with disabilities at all levels

- Political and Social Participation

Strategy A : Mechanism for Implementation and Cooperation

Strategy B: Action in the Priority Area

11. Implementation of the New Decade at regional level

- Implementation all level Involve multi-stakeholders - DPOs’ leadership and sub regional Mechanism as an active party to promote disabilities inclusive international cooperation;- Fund to make contribution for financing the employment of persons with disabilities;- Employ PWDs to work at UN ESCAP Bangkok and its five sub regional offices;- Reasonable accommodation should be provided at ESCAP office.

12. Monitoring and Evaluation

- Quantitative and qualitative Data collection and research

Strategy A : Review and Evaluation Strategy B: Action Requires

1. Formulate and Evaluation 1. Adaptation and report of action plan by country and by sub-region

GO should: Formulate and proclaim action plan adopting the Strategy with full participation of DPOs. Receive evaluation on the implementation.

2. National Incheon Strategy Implementation Promotion Committee.

2. Regular reporting on implementing situation

- Role of committee with Go to monitor, evaluate and promote the strategy. - Majority committee members should be PWDs.

3. Sub Regional Inchoen Strategy Implantation Promotion Meeting.

3. Monitoring Committee

- Promotion Meeting composed of representatives from governments and PWDs, to monitor, evaluation and promote implementation at least once a year.

4. Periodic report on Implementation status 4. Support exchanges and cooperation among DPOs

- ESCAP organize a biennial meeting. GOs report the implementation status and action plan. Representative of Sub-Regional Meeting report the implementation status of the Incheon Strategy in sub region.

Strategy A : Review and Evaluation Strategy B: Action Requires

5. Mid-term evaluation. 5. Creating Joint Fund for CRPD Implementation

- Mid-term evaluation of Incheon Strategy should be conducted according to the result of the evaluation , the rest 5 year can be mandate.

6. Establish a network among ODA nations

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