Category Archives: Advocacy

Bill on Protection of Rights of People with Special Needs open for comments

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A Bill on Protection of Rights of People with Special Needs (disAbility Bill in short) has been submitted to the parliament by the government. The Ministry of Health and Family today, invited us to a discussion of issues and comments to the Bill and compile these comments in preperation for Committee discussions when the bill is reffered to it.

The Ministry is currently focusing on getting feedback from stakeholders who are actively working in the field of disAbility,  like ADD, CARE Society and other key stakeholders. The Ministry will be cordinating a meeting to initiate these discussions, which is tentatively scheduled for Monday, 3rd August.

So ADD would like to get more comments from public in aiding the outcome of corrections/additions to this Bill. Here is a copy of the Bill as submitted to parliament.

Documents on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Firstly, congratulations on forming your group!

I have two general resources which may be useful to you:

1) An easy to read version of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This document has been written for adults with learning disabilities and also for children but I think it will also be useful for people who do not use English as their first language. It gives a very general idea of what rights are in the convention.

http://www.officefordisability.gov.uk/docs/international-agreement-rights-disabled-people.pdf

2) A handbook for campaigners who are interested in getting their governments to make the rights in the convention a reality in their countries. It gives ideas on how to start a campaign, how to involve the media and how to work with other groups.

http://www.landminesurvivors.org/what_rights_ratification.php

Good luck, I wish you lots of success in your work.

Joanna