Annex III – Regional and National Documents OAS - Organization of American States Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities AG/RES. 1608 (XXIX-O/99), 7 June 1999 Resolution adopted at the first plenary session, held on June 7, 1999 http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/disabilitytreaty.html South America http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/la/eng.html Middle-East and North Africa http://www.al-bab.com/arab/human.htm Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights 19 September, 1981 Arab Charter on Human Rights, Arab League, 15 September, 1994 The Casablanca Declaration, Arab Human Rights Movement, 25 April, 1999 Beirut Declaration (PDF) First Arab Conference on Justice, 16 June, 1999. Also in Arabic (PDF). African Union http://www.achpr.org/english/_info/news_en.html African Charter on human and peoples rights Adopted in Nairobi on June 28, 1981 by African Union Organization Conference of State and Government leaders. Entry into force 21/10/1986 OAU Convention governing the specific aspects of refugee problems in Africa Entry into force 20/06/1974 Protocol to the African charter on human and peoples’ rights on the rights of women in Africa Adopted by the 2nd Ordinary session of the Assembly of the Union, Maputo, 11th July 2003 African Charter on the rights and welfare of the child Entry into force 29/11/1998 Asia http://www.ahrchk.net/index.php Asian Human Rights Charter - A Peoples' Charter on 30 March, 1998 http://material.ahrchk.net/charter/ Association of South East Asian Nations - Asean http://www.aseanhrmech.org/index.html Europe http://europa.eu/pol/rights/index_en.htm http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_rights/ External relation http://ec.europa.eu/external_relations/human_rights/intro/index.htm COUNCIL OF EUROPE Protocol to the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms as amended by Protocol No. 11 Paris, 20 march 1952 http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/en/Treaties/Html/009.htm European Social Charter adopted 1961 and revised in 1996 http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/Esc/ http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/EN/Treaties/Html/035.htm Recommendation on the Situation of the Mentally Ill Recommendation No. 818, 1977 http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/AdoptedText/ta77/BREC818.pdf The right to education under the European Social Charter (17. Nov. 2006) http://www.coe.int/t/e/human_rights/esc/7_resources/Education_ESC_Nov06_EN.pdf Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms CETS No.: 005 Rome 4/11/1950 Entry into force 3/9/1953 http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=005&CM=8&DF=2/15/2007&CL=ENG Resolution on a Charter on the Vocational Assessment of People with Disabilities Resolution (AP (95) 3) Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 12 October 1995 at the 545th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies. http://cm.coe.int/ta/res/resAP/1995/95xp3.htm Recommendation on Rehabilitation Policies for the Disabled Recommendation No. 1185, 1992 Recommendation on a Coherent Policy for the Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities Recommendation No. 92, 1992 Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 9 April 1992 at the 474th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies http://cm.coe.int/ta/rec/1992/92r6.htm Resolution ResAP(2001)3 Towards full citizenship of persons with disabilities through inclusive new technologies (Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 October 2001 at the 770th meeting of the Ministers' Deputies) http://cm.coe.int/stat/E/Public/2001/adopted_texts/resAP/2001xp3.htm Improving the quality of life of people with disabilities: enhancing a coherent policy for and through full participation Political Declaration of Second European Conference of Ministers responsible for integration policies for people with disabilities Malaga (Spain), 7-8 May 2003 Recommendation Towards Full Social Inclusion of People With Disabilities Recommendation 1592 (2003) http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/AdoptedText/ta03/EREC1592.htm Council of Europe Action Plan (Recommendation (2006)5) to promote the rights and full participation of people with disabilities in society: improving the quality of life of people with disabilities in Europe, 2005 – 2015 http://www.coe.int, under “Committee of Ministers” / “Adopted texts EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Resolution of the Council of 20 December 1996 Resolution of the council and of the representatives of the governments of the member states meeting within the council of 20 December 1996 on equality of opportunity for people with disabilities (Official Journal C 012) http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-prot/disable/com406/res_en.htm Recommendation on the Employment of Disabled People in the European Community Council Recommendation of 24 July 1986 on the Employment of Disabled People in the Community (86/379/EEC). http://www.logos-net.net/ilo/150_base/en/instr/eu_28.htm Resolution of the Council of 31 May 1990 Resolution of the Council and the Ministers for Education meeting within the Council concerning integration of children and young people with disabilities into ordinary systems of education 1990 (Official journal NO. C 162 , 03/07/1990 P. 0002 - 0003) http://europa.eu.int/infonet/library/m/90c16202/en.htm Amsterdam Treaty (art. 13) Official Journal C 340, 10 November 1997 http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/en/treaties/dat/amsterdam.html European Union Charter of fundamental rights Nice, 7-10 December 2000 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/summits/nice1_en.htm Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 17 June 1999 on equal employment opportunities for people with disabilities [Official Journal C 186 of 02.07.1999] http://www.eumap.org/library/datab/Documents/1062663851.59/lres_en.pdf COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 5 May 2003 on equal opportunities for pupils and students with disabilities in education and training (2003/C 134/04) Official Journal of the European Union, 7.6.2003, C 134 http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2003/oct/134_04_en.pdf DECISION OF THE COUNCIL on Year of persons with disabilities 2003 (presented by European Commission) Resolution of the Council and of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 15 July 2003 on promoting the employment and social integration of people with disabilities [Official Journal C 175 of 24.07.2003] Council conclusions of 1st and 2nd December 2003 on the follow up of the European Year of People with Disabilities and the promotion of Equal Opportunities for People with Disabilities Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the European Economic and Social committee and the Committee of the Regions of 28 November 2005, Situation of disabled people in the enlarged European Union: The European Action Plan 2006-2007 COM(2005) 604 final Communication of 28 May 2002 from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions - The Europe 2005 action plan: an information society for everyone [COM(2002) 263 final] COUNCIL RESOLUTION of 6 May 2003 on accessibility of cultural infrastructure and cultural activities for people with disabilities (2003/C 134/05) Official Journal of the European Union, 7.6.2003, C 134 http://www.europarl.europa.eu/comparl/libe/elsj/charter/art26/default_en.htm COUNCIL RESOLUTION on 6 February 2003 ‘eAccessibility’ — improving the access of people with disabilities to the knowledge based society (2003/C 39/03) Official Journal of the European Union, 18.2.2003, C 39 http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc22/wg20/docs/3122-e-access.pdf COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2000/78/EC of 27 November 2000 establishing a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation Official Journal of the European Union, 2.12.2000, L 303 http://www.europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2001/jul/dir200078_en.html Equal opportunities for people with disabilities: A European Action Plan COM(2003) 650 final of 30 October 2003 http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2003/oct/com650_final_en.html Communication of European Commission of 13 September 2005 on eAccessibility. COM(2005) 425 final http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2005&nu_doc=425 Communication from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament, the Economic and Social Committee, and the Committee of Regions - eEurope 2002: Accessibility of Public Web Sites and their Content COM/2001/0529 final http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!DocNumber&lg=en&type_doc=COMfinal&an_doc=2001&nu_doc=529 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Resolution on the rights of Disabled People European Parliament, A4-0391/1996 http://www3.europarl.eu.int/omk/omnsapir.so/pv2?PRG=DOCPV&APP=PV2&LANGUE=EN&SDOCTA=5&TXTLST=2&POS=1&Type_Doc=RESOL&TPV=DEF&DATE=131296&PrgPrev=TYPEF@A4|PRG@QUERY|APP@PV2|FILE@BIBLIO96|NUMERO@391|YEAR@96|PLAGE@1&TYPEF=A4&NUMB=1&DATEF=961213 Resolution on the human rights of disabled people European Parliament, B4-1494, 1498, 1510, 1513, 1540, 1552/95, R4-3224/1996) http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexapi!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=51995IP1494&model=guichett Resolution of the European Parliament on the communication of the Commission to the Council, the Parliament the economic and social Committee and to the Committee of the Regions – Towards a Europe without obstacles for the disabled (COM(2000) 284 - C5-0632/2000 - 2000/2296(COS)) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2000/com2000_0284en01.pdf Resolution of the European Parliament on the communication of the Commission "eEurope 2002: accessibility and content of the Internet site of the public administrations" (COM(2001) 529 - C5-0074/2002- - 2002/2032(COS)) http://ec.europa.eu/information_society/policy/accessibility/z-techserv-web/com_wa2001/a_documents/ep_res_web_wai_2002.html