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At-a-glance: UN disability treaty
March 30, 2007 6:21 PM
The UN has agreed a new treaty giving greater rights to disabled people around the world.
Here is an at-a-glance guide to the draft United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
Participating countries to change laws and ban discriminatory customs and practices
Disabled people to have an equal right to life
Equal rights for disabled women and girls
Protection for children with disabilities
A right to own and inherit property, to control financial affairs and have equal access to financial services
Disabled people not to be deprived of their liberty "unlawfully or arbitrarily"
Medical or scientific experiments without consent to be banned
An end to enforced institutionalisation
Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse
A right to privacy and access to medical records
Countries to remove barriers to accessing the environment, transport, public facilities and communication
A right to independent living
Essential equipment to be made affordable
A right to an adequate standard of living and social protection
An end to discrimination relating to marriage, family and personal relationships
Equal access to education
An end to discrimination in the job market
A right to equal participation in public life
A right to participate in cultural life
Developing countries to be assisted to put the convention into practice
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