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rehabilitation international’s publication, international rehabilitation review, has published a special edition focused on promoting the un convention on the rights of persons with disabilities (crpd). people with disabilities, advocates, disability experts, and human rights experts, all contributed 20 articles to the december 2007, 48-page edition.
the crpd is the first comprehensive international legislation to focus on protecting the human rights of people with disabilities. it needs to be ratified by 20 countries before it will take full legal force; it has now been ratified by 17 countries.
several of these articles celebrate the heavy involvement of the disability community and various disability and human rights organizations in promoting the crpd. other articles discuss the relevance of the crpd to themes such as promoting inclusive education; including people with disabilities in programs to prevent hiv/aids; the importance of habilitation and rehabilitation to empowerment; and how the crpd may help countries bring more people with disabilities into the work force.
an article entitled “a unified disability community: the key to effective implementation of the convention” by maria veronica reina and stefan tromel highlights the importance of people with disabilities themselves being actively involved in ensuring that the crpd actively protects the human rights of disabled people around the world.
of particular relevance to we can do readers in the international development field is the article “toward inclusive development: the implementation challenge,” by charlotte mcclain-nhlapo. this article calls for country governments and development organizations to incorporate the principles of the crpd into their plans, programs, and policies, including those that fight poverty.
once the crpd takes legal force, then what? governments will need people with disabilities themselves to monitor how well the crpd is implemented in their countries. the article “interational monitoring: the right to inclusion, the obligation to participate” by kirsten young and shantha rau, discusses how.
we can do learned about this special issue through ratifynow.org‘s email discussion list. this article is cross-posted at the ratifynow.org web site with permission of author. see the ratifynow website for more information on the crpd and the global movement to ratify and implement it.
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In that passage, there are seventy-four occurrences of the letter "c."
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