Evrópusambandið fullgildirr Sáttmála Sameinuðu þjóðanna um réttindi fatlaðs fólks

Þau merku tíðindi voru að berast að Evrópusambandið væri búið að fullgilda Sátttmála Sameinuðu þjóðanna um réttindi fatlaðs fólks. Ísland hefur skrifað undir sáttmálann, en ekki ennþá fullgilt hann.

Á seinasta þingi Öryrkjabandalags Íslands var samþykkt tillaga um að ÖBÍ skyldi láta fara fram hagsmunamat á því hvort að hagsmunum öryrkja væri betur borgið með aðild Íslands að ESB eða ekki.

Hér fyrri neðan má sjá frekari frásögn af fullgildingunni.

HUMAN RIGHTS: HISTORIC RATIFICATION BY THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

26 November 2009 /// The European Community has just ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Unprecedented step forward for the first human rights treaty ratified in the history of Europe and a great signal sent to all EU Members States.

In today's session of the Council of the European Union, the European Community ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD). This ratification represents a major policy shift toward enforcing human rights obligations and putting disability on top of the human rights agenda: this is the first time in the European Union history that the Community is going to accede to an international human rights treaty.

Contact us! It is a cornerstone moment  for the European Union and persons with disabilities.

Aurélien Daydé
Communication and media officer
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