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RI（リハビリテーション・インターナショナル）
| 項目 | 内容 |
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| リリース日 | 2007年3月30日 |
RIプレスリリース：
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE：More than 80 States Sign UN Disability Rights Convention on Opening Day
Global Disability Network Lauds Governments' Commitment to Disability Rights
(United Nations, New York, USA, 30 March 2007): RI congratulates all governments that have taken the lead by becoming the first states to sign and ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first core human rights treaty of the 21st century. A record-setting 81 signatories participated in the signing ceremony at UN headquarters in New York, and Jamaica became the first state to ratify the Convention. In addition, 43 states signed the Optional Protocol to the Convention, which relates to how individuals and groups can seek redress for violations under the Convention once national remedies are exhausted.
RI calls on all governments to sign and ratify the treaty, as well as the Optional Protocol, as a matter of priority, and to do so without reservations or declarations. Twenty countries must ratify for the treaty to become international law. Attached please find a list of signatories and states parties for the Convention.
Of the 81 signatories, RI has active membership in 51 countries. RI is honored that the International Disability Alliance (IDA) Chair and RI Vice President for the Africa Region, Gidion Kaino Mandesi, was chosen to deliver the high-level statement on behalf of IDA - a network of eight global organizations of persons with disabilities - and the International Disability Caucus (IDC) - a coalition of more than 70 international, regional and national disabled persons' organizations and their allies. Mr. Mandesi is also the Executive Director of the Disabled Organization of Legal Affairs and Social Economic Development (DOLASED) of Tanzania.
Mr. Mandesi said, "Signing the Convention demonstrates a state's commitment to officially recognizing and valuing persons with disabilities as equal citizens. The Convention marks a significant paradigm shift to a human rights model of disability, embodying principles of dignity, non-discrimination, full participation, respect, equality and accessibility for all persons with disabilities, regardless of age, gender, geographic location or type of disability."
The Convention requires the establishment of an international committee of experts, including people with disabilities, to monitor the implementation of the treaty, in addition to national monitoring mechanisms. RI encourages the continued active participation of civil society, particularly organizations of people with disabilities, in all levels of the monitoring process.
The treaty follows five years of negotiations, with unprecedented participation of persons with disabilities and their organizations, including many RI members and colleagues.
For more information on the UN Convention and contact details of experts within the RI membership, please contact Tomas Lagerwall (sg@riglobal.org), RI Secretary General, or Leonor Coello (leonor@riglobal.org), Membership Coordinator, at +1-212-420-1500.
About RI
Founded in 1922, RI is a global network of people with disabilities, government agencies, service providers, researchers and advocates promoting and implementing the rights and inclusion of people with disabilities. RI is currently composed of over 700 members and affiliated organizations in 93 nations, in all regions of the world.
RI brands itself as Rights and Inclusion, though the legal name is Rehabilitation International, and works closely with other disability organizations, actively participating in IDA and the IDC
RI also maintains official relations with the UN Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the World Health Organization (WHO), the International Labour Organization (ILO), the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP), the Organization of American States (OAS), the European Union (EU) and the Council of Europe, among others.
For more information about RI, please visit our newly re-designed and accessible website: http://www.riglobal.org.
UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
Signatories
- Algeria
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Canada
- Cape Verde
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Congo (Republic of Congo)
- Costa Rica
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Finland
- France
- Gabon
- Germany
- Ghana
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- Hungary
- Republic of Iceland
- Republic of India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- State of Israel
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Republic of Kenya
- Republic of Korea
- Republic of Liberia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mexico
- Moldova
- Kingdom of Morocco
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Norway
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Poland
- Portugal
- San Marino
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovenia
- South Africa
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Republic of Suriname
- Sweden
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Kingdom of Thailand
- The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
- Republic of Tunisia
- Republic of Turkey
- Republic of Uganda
- United Kingdom
- United Republic of Tanzania
- Yemen
- European Community
States Parties
- Jamaica
Date of Ratification
March 30, 2007