Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament ‘Towards a United Nations legally binding instrument to promote and protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities’

This Communication sets out the European Commission's position regarding a possible international legally binding instrument to protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities. This possible legally binding instrument is going to be discussed in the framework of a United Nations (UN) Ad Hoc Committee set up by UN resolution 56/168 to 'consider proposals for a comprehensive and integral international convention to protect and promote the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities'.

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http://ec.europa.eu/comm/employment_social/news/2003/feb/un_disabled_en.pdf http://ec.europa.eu/comm/employment_social/news/2003/feb/un_disabled_en.pdf

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