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Human
Rights. YES!
is a facilitated learning program that emphasizes active, participatory
learning. Each chapter includes
group exercises designed to involve all participants in discussions and creative
problem-solving as they learn about human rights principles, human rights law
and advocacy strategies for promoting the human rights of persons with
disabilities. These materials are
best used in a group setting, with a qualified facilitator who can guide
participants through the materials and exercises.
A Facilitator Guidelines
section is included in the manual to help new facilitators prepare their
trainings.
The
Human Rights. YES! project team
encourages disability rights organizations (DPOs) in particular to develop
“train the trainer” programs within their organizations. While we hope to secure
additional funding in the future in order to provide facilitator training to
groups that request it, it is anticipated that most organizations will seek to
develop, provide and fund this training internally.
Requests for training assistance should be directed to:
University
of Minnesota Human Rights Center
229 19th
Avenue South
Minneapolis,
MN 55455
1-888-HREDUC8
[email protected]
http://www.hrusa.org
Individual
advocates not associated with DPOs or other human rights groups are encouraged
to find organizations in their community or country to collaborate with on
Human Rights. YES! training
initiatives. At the same time,
Human Rights. YES! can be used by
anyone with a desire to learn – individually or in groups as small as two or
three people!
Is there a summary of the content of
Human Rights. YES! available?
Human
Rights. YES!
includes three main parts, with topical sub-chapters addressing a range of human
rights. Click the link below to
view the Human Rights. YES! table of
contents:
A
convention (also known as a
treaty) is a written agreement
between States. It is drafted by a
working group appointed by the UN General Assembly.
Once the convention is drafted, it goes to the UN General Assembly for
adoption. The next step is for
countries to sign and
ratify it.
By signing a convention, a country is making a commitment to follow the
principles in the convention and to begin the ratification process, but the
convention is not legally binding on a country until it is ratified.
Ratification is a process that takes place in each country, whereby the
legislative body of the government takes the necessary steps to officially
accept the convention as part of its national legal structure.
Once a country signs and ratifies a convention, it becomes
State Party to that convention,
meaning it has a legal obligation to uphold the rights the convention defines.
Each convention must be ratified by a particular number of countries
before it enters into force and
becomes part of international law.
Persons with
disabilities have long fought to have their human rights formally recognized in
human rights law. In 2006 the
United Nations General Assembly adopted
the Convention on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities (CRPD), the first convention that specifically addresses
the human rights of people with disabilities. The CRPD is the first global
convention addressing disability.
From the
first meeting to draft this convention, members of the global disability rights
movement insisted that people with disabilities be included in deciding what the
convention should say. The
disability community was able to exercise a greater level of participation and
influence in the drafting of the CRPD than any other specific group has ever
been able to achieve in a UN human rights treaty process.
As a result, the CRPD covers the full spectrum of human rights of persons
with disabilities and takes much stronger positions than it would have if
governments alone had drafted it.
In addition, disability organizations, individuals with disabilities,
governments and the United Nations forged important relationships during this
drafting process.
Now that the
human rights of people with disabilities have been recognized in international
law through the CRPD, the next step is for disabled people in all countries to
continue to advocate and work with their governments to ensure that the
convention is ratified and implemented.
Every person who advocates for their rights under this convention becomes
an important member of the global disability rights movement!
When will Human
Rights. YES! be available?
The English version of Human Rights. YES! is now available both in hard copy and online.
In which languages will Human Rights.
YES! be available?
The manual will be published in English, French, Spanish and Arabic by the
University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center.
Permission is granted for non-governmental organizations and non-profit groups
to translate into languages other than Arabic, French, and Spanish. The only
conditions for other language versions are 1) that the language of the United
Nations bodies appears in its entirely, 2) that no human rights are deleted, and
3) that the Human Rights Resource Center receive a) notification of intention to
translate, b) a hard copy of the translation, and c) an electronic version of
the translation and permission to make it available on its website.
Organizations interested in undertaking their own translations should contact
the University of Minnesota at
[email protected].
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Excerpted or adapted material from this publication must include full citation
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