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People with Disabilities Now Able to Pursue Justice in Qatar
By Andrea Shettle, MSW | August 12, 2008
People with disabilities in the middle eastern country of Qatar are now able to bring complaints to court if their human rights have been violated, the Gulf Times ("Qatar Ratifies UN Pact on Disabilities") and The Peninsula On-line ("Emiri Decree to Protect Rights of the Disabled") have both reported.
This was made possible after Qatar ratified the United Conventions (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in May. The CRPD is the first international, legally-binding treaty to protect the human rights of people with disabilities. It covers a wide range of human rights, including the right to sign contracts and own property; to marry and divorce; the right to habilitation and rehabilitation services; the right to procreate and obtain contraception; and more. The 32 countries that have ratified the CRPD so far, including Qatar, are legally obligated to abolish laws that violate the treaty and to create new laws, as needed, to protect the rights described in the CRPD.
Another 98 countries have officially signaled interest in ratifying the CRPD in the future.
Read more about Qatar and the CRPD in the Gulf Times at:
And in The Peninsula On-line at
Find out if your country has signed or ratified the CRPD and Optional Protocol at http://www.un.org/disabilities/countries.asp?navid=12&pid=166
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