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Back to: Third Session of the Ad Hoc Committee
NGO Comments at the third session
Comments by NGOs at the Third Session
World Federation of the DeafBlind
Proposal from World Federation of the DeafBlind
Lex Grandia
Draft Article 8
RIGHT TO LIFE
1. States Parties recognize and protect the inherent right to life
of all persons with disabilities, and shall take all necessary measures
to ensure its effective enjoyment by women, men, girls and boys in all
stages of life.
2. The right to life also includes the right to survive.
3. Disability must not become a justifiation for the termination of
life.
4. States Parties shall undertake effective measures to the prohibition
of compulsory abortion at the instance of the State based on the pre-natal
diagnosis of disability.
5. States Parties shall also prohibit all medical, biological and
other experiments reducing the quality of life of persons with disabilities.
Draft article 13
Add:
h) promoting the training and legalization of guides, interpreters
and guides-interpreters to ensure the access to information and communication
to persons with disabilities according to their necessities.
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