The Liberal Platform--Your Family. Your Future. Your Canada.

2011 CCD Election Challenge

4 April 2011

Les enjeux des personnes handicapées inscrits au programme électoral des Libéraux Le CCD demande aux autres partis d´en faire autant

Le 4 avril 2011 - Le Conseil des Canadiens avec déficiences (CCD), une organisation nationale de personnes handicapées œuvrant pour un Canada accessible et inclusif, se réjouit de la stratégie à deux volets adoptée par les Libéraux dans leur programme électoral, comportant (1) des mesures précises pour les personnes avec des déficiences et (2) une attention particulière aux problèmes des Canadiennes et des Canadiens handicapés dans les principales initiatives proposées po

Liberal Platform Puts Disability Issues on the Agenda, CCD Challenges Others To Do The Same

4 April 2011--The Council of Canadians with Disabilities (CCD), a national disability organization working for an inclusive and accessible Canada, welcomed the Liberal Platform’s twin-track approach to disability issues, featuring (1) specific disability initiatives and (2) an attentiveness to the concerns of Canadians with disabilities reflected in major initiatives for all Canadians.

Timeline of Major Milestones in International Disability Policy

Moving from the Charity Model to the Human Rights Paradigm

The Role Played by Canada and Canadians with Disabilities

1948—The United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). John P. Humphrey, a Canadian with a disability, headed the Human Rights Secretariat at the UN and played a pivotal role in the drafting of the UDHR. The Declaration and subsequent thematic human rights conventions applied to people with disabilities.

Disability Community Priorities and Expectations

Presentation by Jim Derksen to P/T Minister Meeting re CRPD

The Road to the UN Convention

Mr. Steve Estey, Former Human Rights Officer, Disabled Peoples' International

In this presentation I will focus on the events that led up to the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). I was involved, with other representatives of the worldwide disability community, in the drafting of the treaty from 2002 to 2006, over the course of nine or ten meetings at the U.N. in New York and at regional meetings around the world. “Nothing about us without us” is our prevailing motto.

Disability Community Priorities and Expectations

Presentation by Jim Derksen to P/T Minister Meeting re CRPD

Que demander aux candidats électoraux en ce qui a trait à la Convention des Nations Unies relative aux droits des personnes handicapées (CDPH)

A court terme :

Est-ce que votre parti :

Est déterminé à appliquer l’objet de la CDPH en :

What to Ask Federal Election Candidates about the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (CRPD)

Short Term

Will Your Party:

Commit to delivering on the intent of CRPD by:

1. Designing a National Action Plan to provide the vision and framework for successful implementation of the CRPD? An action plan would identify necessary mechanisms for collaboration, benchmarks for monitoring and reporting, and strategies for priority areas for action the disability community has identified, including:

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