PADM 5855. International Human Rights

10. Persons with disabilities

24, 26 March 2024

This session of the seminar will discuss the work of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities i

Questions covered	Who is a person with a disability? How was the Convention negotiated? What is the role of the Secretariat in dealing with rights of persons with disability?
Lectures	Lecture
Required readings	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Twenty-second session, Opening Address by Dr. Michelle Bachelet. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Report of the Chair of the CRPD Committee for the 19th session Statement by OHCHR’s human rights and disability team delivered by Victoria Lee to the 19th Session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 14 February 2018 · Joint Statement: Persons with Disabilities and COVID-19 by the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 1 April 2020 · Towards Inclusive Equality: 10 Years Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities · Guidelines on the Participation of Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) and Civil Society Organizations in the work of the Committee · Situation of persons with disabilities in Ukraine and in countries where they have fled after 24 February 2022, as a result of the aggression against Ukraine by the Russian Federation (In the course Canvas)
Recommended readings
Discussion question	What defines a person with a disability? Why is that an issue for the Convention?
Simulation	We will review the report of Kazakhstan, one group being the government, one the committee, and one an NGO. Documents are in the Canvas.
Recording	Recordings of 24 and 26 March will be in the course Canvas

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