2008-03-26

"To ensure that persons with disabilities have access to sporting, recreational and tourism venues" - CRPD

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been called the pinnacle of legal accomplishments protecting the rights of individuals. It is well on its way to ratification. It is also the subject of an upcoming blog swarm (blog carnival/festchrift). The Rolling Rains Report will contribute on the subject of travel and disability:

The rights to participate in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport are reflected in a number of international human rights law instruments, including, for example, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Specialized conventions also reflect these rights, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)…

While reflected in various human rights instruments, these rights are not as well-developed as other human rights and are often forgotten. The right of persons with disabilities to participate in a wide array of cultural, recreational, sporting, and leisure activities is recognized as central to full inclusion for disabled people and is therefore defined in some detail in Article 30 of the CRPD. For this reason the CRPD is an important development in human rights law on participation in culture, sport, recreation and related activities.

Source:

Human Rights. Yes! Chapter 14 The Right to Sport and Culture
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/hreduseries/TB6/index2.html

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