December 2011 UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific– – Regional Stakeholder Consultation for the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Implementation of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012 (Second Session) Goal 2: Promote participation in political processes and in decision making. The following suggestions were made for consideration: A new target on participation of self-help organizations and family “Increase advocacy groups in national, sub-national and local advocacy organizations” Include with with intellectual and “youth disabilities”; “persons disabilities”; with psychosocial accommodation and “persons disabilities”; “reasonable capacity building for persons with diverse disabilities to exercise their right to and organizations of persons with disabilities and their vote”; “representative family members” of persons with disabilities in local legislative bodies and Reflect “participation in the judicial making bodies in other development process”; “decision the inclusion of disability groups not only in the national sectors”; “diverse coordination mechanism, but also in subnational coordination mechanisms (provincial/State; and local)” Include reference to the need for election-related information materials, and procedures to be made accessible for persons with diverse disabilities, including the registration of persons with disabilities as voters of persons with disabilities and their organizations in the Add “Inclusion national election commission or equivalent body” December 2011 Thematic study by the Office of the United Nations High – Commissioner for Human Rights on participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities 68. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities heralds a new era for the political participation of persons with disabilities. Article 29 requires States parties to guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights and the opportunity to enjoy them on an equal basis with others. This provision does not foresee any reasonable restriction, nor does it allow any exception. Article 12, which recognizes that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life, also does not provide for any exception to the principle, and only requires States parties to take appropriate measures provide access by persons with disabilities to the “to support they may require in exercising their legal capacity.”
December 2011 – UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific– Regional Stakeholder Consultation for the High-level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Final Review of the Implementation of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012 (Second Session) Goal 2: Promote participation in political processes and in decision making. The following suggestions were made for consideration: A new target on “Increase participation of self-help organizations and family advocacy groups in national, sub-national and local advocacy organizations” Include “youth with disabilities”; “persons with intellectual disabilities”; and “persons with psychosocial disabilities”; “reasonable accommodation and capacity building for persons with diverse disabilities to exercise their right to vote”; and “representative organizations of persons with disabilities and their family members” Reflect “participation of persons with disabilities in local legislative bodies and in the judicial process”; “decision making bodies in other development sectors”; the inclusion of “diverse disability groups not only in the national coordination mechanism, but also in subnational coordination mechanisms (provincial/State; and local)” Include reference to the need for election-related information materials, and procedures to be made accessible for persons with diverse disabilities, including the registration of persons with disabilities as voters Add “Inclusion of persons with disabilities and their organizations in the national election commission or equivalent body” December 2011 – Thematic study by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities 68. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities heralds a new era for the political participation of persons with disabilities. Article 29 requires States parties to guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights and the opportunity to enjoy them on an equal basis with others. This provision does not foresee any reasonable restriction, nor does it allow any exception. Article 12, which recognizes that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life, also does not provide for any exception to the principle, and only requires States parties to take appropriate measures “to provide access by persons with disabilities to the support they may require in exercising their legal capacity.”
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