• Third Session, 24 May - 4 June 2004
• Fourth Session, 23 August - 3 September 2004
• Working Group, 5-16 January 2004
• Previous meetings

Contributions

• Governments
• United Nations System
• Intergovernmental Organizations
• National Human Rights Institutions
• Non-governmental organizations

Governments

First Session

• Summary Report of a Conference on the Theme: "Towards a United Nations Convention on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities", Kilmainham, Dublin, 26 February 2002
• See also Documents

Second Session

• African Regional Disability Consultative Conference (ARCC), 1 to 6 May 2003, Sandton Convention Centre, Gauteng, South Africa - Executive Summary
• See also Documents

United Nations System

First Session

• Informal Briefing, 6 August 2002, United Nations, New York

Second Session

Contributions received by the Secretariat in response to the request of the General Assembly resolution 57/229, requesting Secretary-General to seek the views of relevant bodies and organizations of the United Nations system, among others.

• ECLAC - CEPAL Response
• ESCAP Response
• FAO Response
• ICAO Response
• ILO Response
• OHCHR Response
• PAHO Response
• UNICEF Response
• WHO Response

Intergovernmental Organizations

Second Session

• Council of Europe. "Improving the quality of life of people with disabilities: enhancing a coherent policy for and through full participation" Second European Conference of Ministers responsible for Integration Policies for People with Disabilities - 7-8 May 2003 - Malaga, Spain
• Summary of activities in fields and concerning issues relating to the nature, structure and components of a comprehensive and integral international covention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs
• Background paper on the international convention for the protection and promotion of the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs

National Human Rights Institutions

Second Session

• National Human Rights Institutions form the Commonwealth and Asia Pacific Region. New Delhi, India 26-30 May 2003
• Conclusions of the Workshop on the Human Rights of Persons With Disabilities of the Network of National Institutions for the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights of the Americas
  • Conclusiones del Taller sobre los Derechos Humanos de las Personas con Discapacidad de la Red de Instituciones Nacionales para la Promoción y Protección de los Derechos Humanos Del Continente Americano
  • Conclusions de l'atelier sur les Droits de l'homme des Personnes Handicapées du Réseau des Institutions Nationales Pour la Promotion et la Protection des Droits de l'homme du Continent Américain
• Final Declaration of the Regional Workshop on Promoting the Rights of People with Disabilities: Towards a New UN Convention, Munyonyo, Kampala, Uganda, 5-6 June 2003. Secretariat of African National Institutions.
• Discussion Paper on Founding Principles of Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Danish Institute for Human Rights, A/AC.265/2003/CRP/9

Nongovernmental Organizations

Second Session

• Disability Awareness in Action, DAART Centre for Disability and Human Rights. Submission to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities, 2003
• Disabled Peoples' International (DPI). Position Paper Regarding a New International Human Rights Convention for Disabled People, February 2003.
• European Disability Forum. The EDF Contribution to the Second Ad Hoc Committee to consider proposals for a United Nations Convention to Protect and Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Brussels, May 2003
  • Forum Europeen des personnes handicapees. Projet de Contribution du FEPH a la Seconde Reunion du Comite Ad Hoc Charge D'etudier les Propositions Relatives a une Convention des Nations Unies Visant a Proteger et Promouvoir les Droits des Personnes Handicapees.  Bruxelles, Mai 2003
  • Foro Europeo para la discapacidad, Bruselas. Contribución del EDF al Segundo Comité Ad Hoc para Considerar Propuestas para una Convención de las Naciones Unidas para Proteger y Promover los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad. Mayo de 2003.
• Inclusion International. Some reflections, proposals and recommendations for the IDA meeting on the Convention to Protect the Rights of Disabled Persons,  February 2003
  • Inclusion International. Reflexiones, propuestas y recomendaciones para la reunión de IDA sobre la Convención para la Protección de los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad,  Febrero 2003
• Independent experts. Draft Convention
• International Disability Alliance (IDA). Towards a UN Disability Convention: Statement for 2nd Ad Hoc Committee Session, 2 March 2003
  • Alliance Internationale des Personnes Handicapees, IDA. Vers une Convention des Nations Unies sur l'incapacité Déclaration pour la 2ème session du comité ad hoc, Almåsa, Suède, le 2 mars 2003.
  • Asociacion Internacional de Discapacidad, IDA., Hacia una Convención de Discapacidad de las N.U. Declaración para la 2ª sesión del Comité Ad Hoc, Almasa, Suecia, 2 de Marzo de 2003.
• Rehabilitation International (RI), The Arab Region Document: Toward a Comprehensive and integrated Convention on Protecting and promoting the Rights of Disabled Persons, March 2003.
• World Blind Union, Manifesto for a United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities: 'Equal Rights and Full inclusion as World Citizens,' February 2003. [PDF format only]
• World Federation of the Deaf (WFD). Position Paper regarding the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities
• World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP). Submission to the United Nations Ad Hoc Committee on a comprehensive and integral international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

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