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On this day people from every nation take note of the skills, achievements, contributions, and abilities of persons with disabilities in society. They promote a positive image of persons with disabilities, and who we are in the community at large through activities which both celebrate and raise awareness of this day declared in our recognition.

The theme for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities of the year 2008 is,

“Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Dignity and Justice for All of Us,”

a theme with a highly powerful message to the world of which we are a part.

It is important to note that the year 2008 also brings the 60th anniversary of

the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). Dignity and justice for all

persons are universal principles, recognized by the United Nations, which also

ecognized that dignity and equality are inalienable human rights that every member of

the human family has. With these principles, the United Nations has combined non-discrimination in

order to guide their work over the past sixty years, using them in the creation of treaties such as the

International Covenants on Human Rights, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, as well as

in creating the UN Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

May 3rd of 2008 found the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol

entered into force, both of which are legally binding instruments with legal obligations on the part of States to

promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities. Article 25 of the UDHR states that each person has,

“the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age, or other lack of

livelihood in circumstances beyond his control.” There are other articles in the convention that expand on the

ights to life, liberty and security. Article 28 specifically states that persons with disabilities have, “access

y persons with disabilities and their families living in situations of poverty to assistance from the State

with disability-related expenses, including adequate training, counseling, financial assistance and respite care.”

The articles in the UDHR are affirmations of the rights of persons with disabilities to a life of equal enjoyment and

ights, as well as reaffirmation of the principles of dignity and justice for all of us.

There are an estimated 650 million persons with disabilities around the world today, or about ten percent of

the world’s population, and the convention both protects and promotes the rights of the human beings around the

world who experience disability. The convention protects our rights while promoting them in our various civil, economic,

cultural social and political environments around the world, yet we still face barriers to participation, and often are

forced to live in the margins of society. We are routinely denied even basic rights such as freedom of expression, the

ability to express even our opinion, legal recognition or legal capacity, the right to vote, or the ability to participate

in the political processes of which we are a part. As people with disabilities, many of us are still forced into

institutions, something that is a direct violation of our right to participate in the community and freedom of movement.

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