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People with Disabilities Deserve Access to Sports, Leisure Activities
By Andrea Shettle, MSW | April 30, 2008
Prominent speakers at the Third International Forum on Children with Special Needs, held recently in Doha, Qatar, called upon the international community to remove barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating in sports and leisure activities, the Peninsula On-Line: Qatar’s leading English daily has reported. Speakers pointed out that Article 30 in the new UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) protects the right of people with disabilities to participate in cultural life, recreation, sports, and leisure.
The CRPD is the first international, legally binding human rights instrument to protect the rights of people with disabilities. It is meant to protect a wide range of rights, such as access to education and health care services; the right to live in the community, and the right to respect for one’s privacy. To date, 24 countries have ratified the CRPD. Among these, 14 countries have also ratified the Optional Protocol, which gives people with disabilities in these countries the right to pursue redress at the international level. The CRPD will enter into force on May 3.
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