Disability analysis of draft resolutions
18th session of the Human Rights Council,
12-30 september 2011
IMPORTANT NOTE: The documents referred to here are still draft versions of the texts and not the final versions.
Summary: There are references to persons with disabilities in the following resolutions of the 18th session: The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation; Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights; Human rights of migrants;Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order;Promoting awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through sport and theOlympic ideal;Human rights and climate change;Reporting of the Secretary-General on the question ofthe death penalty.
Item 1
Reporting of the Secretary-General on the question of the death penalty
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to submit to the Human Rights Council, in consultation with Governments, specialized agencies and intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, a yearly supplement to his quinquennial report on capital punishment and the implementation of the safeguards guaranteeing protection of the rights of those facing the death penalty, paying special attention to the imposition of the death penalty on persons younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offence, on pregnant women and on persons with mental or intellectual disabilities.”
Item 3
The human right to safe drinking water and sanitation
Recalling further the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil andPolitical Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of RacialDiscrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination againstWomen, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights
Encourages States and other relevant stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and non-governmental organizations, to take action at all levels to addressthe interlinked root causes of maternal mortality and morbidity, such as poverty,malnutrition, harmful practices, lack of accessible and appropriate health-care services, information and education, and gender inequality, and to pay particular attention toeliminating all forms of violence against women and girls;
Human rights of migrants
Recalling the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families, and the relevance of these treaties in the protection of all migrants,
Promotion of a democratic and equitable international order
11. Urges States to continue their efforts, through enhanced internationalcooperation, towards the promotion of a democratic and equitable international order;
(f) To integrate a gender perspective and a disabilities perspective into his or her work;
Human rights and climate change
Expressingconcern that, while these implications affect individuals and communities around the world, the effects of climate change will be felt most acutely by those segments of the population who are already in vulnerable situations owing to factors such as geography, poverty, gender, age, indigenous or minority status and disability,
Item 8
Promoting awareness, understanding and the application of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights through sport and theOlympic ideal
Recognizing also that special attention needs to be paid to ensuring non-discrimination, including the equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities, including their active participation in all aspects of society, including sports,
Recalling General Assembly resolution 65/4 of 18 October 2010, on sport as a means to promote education, health, development and peace, in which the Assembly emphasized and encouraged the use of sport as a vehicle to foster development and strengthen education for children and young persons; prevent disease and promote health, including the prevention of drug abuse; empower girls and women; foster the inclusion and well-being of persons with disabilities; and facilitate social inclusion, conflict prevention and peacebuilding,