Effective Strategies on the UN Disability Convention implementation

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Effective Strategies
on the UN Disability Convention implementation
October 24, 2007

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I. Strategies on the UN Convention Implementation

• UN Convention was passed from the UN General
  Assembly (DEC. 13. 2006)
• Signatory State (DEC.1.2007)
• - 117 Countries signed
• - 66 Countries signed the Optional Protocol
• - 7 Countries ratified

Strategy plan to guarantee effectiveness through
the UN Convention implementation
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I-1. Precondition for the implementation

• Adoption and Ratification

International law
National Law
Transforming to domestic system
Creative approach
Full participation
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I-2. Implementation and Monitoring reinforcement

• Appointment of focal point in the government

According to the UN Convention article 33 clause
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States Parties, in accordance with their system
of organization, shall designate one or more
focal points within government for
matters relating to the implementation of the
present Convention, and shall give due
consideration to the establishment or designation
of a coordination mechanism within government to
facilitate related action in different sectors
and at different levels.
Comprehensive inclusive consultant arrangement
(Governmental focal point, relevant
authorities national institution, NGO,DPO)
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I-2. Implementation and Monitorin reinforcement

• Reinforcement of National monitoring

According to the UN Convention article 34,
States Parties shall, in accordance with their
legal and administrative systems, maintain,
strengthen, designate or establish within the
State Party. When designating or establishing
such a mechanism, States Parties shall take into
account the principles relating to the status and
functioning of national institutions for
protection and promotion of human rights.

• Following the Paris Principle
• National Human Rights Committees role is
  important
• Open for participation from Civil society, in
  particular
• persons with Disabilities and their
  representative
• organizations

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I-2. Implementation and Monitoring reinforcement

• Reinforcement of International monitoring

According to the UN Convention article 33
There shall be established a Committee on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which shall
carry out the functions hereinafter provided.
The Committee shall consist, at the time of entry
into force of the present Convention , of 12
experts.

• Establishment of International Monitoring
  Committee
• Full participation of persons with disabilities
• When violating the UN Convention,
• refer to the UN Committee on Human Rights
• Solidarity work with UNESCAP in the Asia
  Pacific Region

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II. UN Convention in the Republic of Korea

• Efforts made by the Government
• Press release by the Ministry of Health and
  Welfare in DEC 2006
• ? Announced its effort for the prompt
  ratification by the National Assembly
• The Minister of Health and Welfares
  participation in MAR 2007
• ? Signed opening for a signature for the UN
  Convention
• The Human Rights Committee in Korea in MAR 2007
  
• ? Published a hanbook on the UN Convention
• The Human Rights Committee in Korea in OCT 2007
  
• ? Urge the Government and National Assembly
  to ratify the UN Convention and sign for the
  Optional Protocol

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II. UN Convention in the Republic of Korea

• Promulgation the Act on the Prohibition of
  Disability Discrimination and the Provision of
  Remedies (in short Disability Anti-Discrimination
  Act) (APR, 2007)
• Composition 6 chapters and 50 articles
• Contents Human rights of persons with
  disabilities and anti-discrimination
• Regulation on the prohibition of discrimination
  and rights of freedom is coincide with the UN
  Convention and described more in detail

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III. Our task

• Establishing The Special Committee on the UN
  Convention within RI
• ? Performing as monitoring body
• We should monitor the UN Convention
  implementation and
• urge its ratification by establishing
  comprehensive monitoring
• committee similar as Committee on the rights
  of persons
• with disabilities stated in the UN
  Convention articles 34.

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III. Our task

• Hold Workshop on the UN Convention implementation
  monitoring in combine with RI Regional Conference
  
• ? Submit the report to the UN
• The Government which ratifies the UN
  Convention, is supposed
• to submit the report every 4 years. RI, as NGO
  sector can also
• play a monitoring role by holding a workshop
  and preparing
• paper work/report

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III. Our task

• Raising Awareness and Public Promotion
• ?Developing Human rights education programme
  and Public promotion on the UN Convention
• Regardless of disability or non-disability, it
  is important that
• public needs to understand what is the meaning
  of the UN
• Convention and its role. For this reason,
  raining awareness
• and the human rights education programme is
  necessary to
• develop for public promotion

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III. Our task

• Capacity building of Civil Society and Solidarity
  work
• ? Establishing Solidarity body among DPO
• Through building a solidarity body with
  consisting wide rang
• of International and national DPOs, knowledge
  and experiences
• can be shared and methodology for reinforcing
  the UN
• Convention implementation can be presented. We
  can also
• urge it to the countries which are not actively
  performing the
• UN Convention implementation

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• THANK YOU !!!!