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Re:International? All except UK :) - 2008/11/23 12:22
huh
lol, where did that quote come from posh?....whoever said that...should be shot!!
International Day of Persons with Disabilities - 3 December
"On this International Day of Persons with Disabilities, as well during the year-long celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, let us use “dignity and justice for all of us” as a rallying call, as these principles are far from being realized for everyone. Dignity and justice are embodied in the civil, cultural, economic, political, and social rights promoted by the Convention. Therefore, the International Day of Persons with Disabilities is a time to make a renewed commitment to the ratification and full implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol."
guess the UK Govment doent want to celebrate this as it hasnt ratified the treaty,scope have put a petition to government...below is a bit of other infoincluded in that petition:
"The Convention is the first international treaty in history to create a specific legal framework to protect the human rights of disabled people across the globe and to recognise that disabled and non-disabled people share a common humanity. 20 countries need to ratify the Convention before it becomes legally binding. To date only 17 have done so. The UK is not among them. The UK signed the Convention in March 2007. Since then 2,000 people have signed a petition on this site calling on the Government to ratify it without delay. In response to pressure from campaigners the UK has pledged to ratify the Convention by the end of 2008. However, the Convention Campaign Coalition (CCC) is increasingly concerned that the Government might try to reserve, or opt out of, certain Convention rights.Reserving against certain Convention articles means that some parts of the Convention would not be legally binding in the UK. Human Rights are inalienable and universal. If the UK is truly committed to disabled people’s human rights it cannot pick and choose which Convention rights it is willing to support."
....so there we have it...maybe the government not want treaty to be fully legally embinding in the UK..
link to petition here...please do sign it, if you havent done so allready
http://www.ablehere.com/component/option,com_joomlaboard/Itemid,8/func,view/id,2844/catid,12/
.....i know im pushing it, but im so sick of our rights being swept away from us...
back to subject....Dec 3rd 2008....so wat is organised here...anyone know anything ??
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