United Nations Resolutions, Conventions and Recommendations

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Sixty-first session Item 67 (b). Human rights questions: human rights questions, including alternative approaches for improving the effective enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/convtexte.htm

Declaration on the rights of disabled persons (UN)

Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 3447 (XXX) of 9 December 1975
http://www.unhchr.ch/html/Menu3/b/72.htm

World Programme of Action concerning disabled persons (UN)

Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 37/52 on 3 December 1982
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/diswpa00.htm

Tallinn Guidelines for action on fuman resources development in the field of disability (UN)

Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 44/70 of 15 March 1990
http://www.un.org/documents/ga/res/44/a44r070.htm

The Standard Rules on the equalisation of opportunities for persons with disabilities (UN)

Adopted by General Assembly Resolution 48/96 of 20 December 1993
http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm

Convention concerning vocational rehabilitation and employment (disabled persons)

ILO Recommendation No. 159
Adopted on 1 June 1983 by the General Conference of the International Labour
http://www.ilo.org/public/english/employment/skills/recomm/instr/c_159.htm

Recommendation concerning vocational rehabilitation of the disabled

ILO Recommendation No. 99
Adopted on 22 June 1955 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation
http://www.logos-net.net/ilo/150_base/en/instr/r_99.htm

Recommendation concerning vocational rehabilitation and employment (disabled persons)

ILO Recommendation No. 168
Adopted on 21 June 1988 by the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Atrium/4317/confenadip/R168eng.htm

Sundberg Declaration

Adopted by the UNESCO World Conference on Actions and Strategies for Education, Prevention and Integration
http://www.unesco.org/education/infsunesco/pdf/SUNBE_E.PDF

The Salamanca Statement

Adopted by the UNESCO World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality, Salamanca
http://www.unesco.org/education/pdf/SALAMA_E.PDF

International classification of functioning disability and health

World Health Organisation 54th WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY A54/18 Provisional agenda item 13.9
http://www.who.int/gb/EB_WHA/PDF/WHA54/ea5418.pdf

Recommendation on rehabilitation policies for the disabled

Recommendation No. 1185, 1992

Recommendation on a coherent policy for the rehabilitation of people with disabilities

Recommendation No. 92, 1992
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 9 April 1992 at the 474th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies
http://cm.coe.int/ta/rec/1992/92r6.htm

Recommendation towards full social inclusion of people with disabilities

Recommendation 1592 (2003)
http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/Adopted Text/ta03/EREC1592.htm

Towards full citizenship of persons with disabilities through inclusive new technologies

Resolution AP (2001) 3
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 24 October 2001 at the 770th meeting of the Ministers’ Department
http://cm.coe.int/stat/E/Public/2001/adopted_texts/resAP/2001xp3.htm

Resolution on a Charter on the vocational assessment of people with disabilities

Resolution (AP (95) 3)
Adopted by the Committee of Ministers on 12 October 1995 at the 545th meeting of the Ministers’ Department
http://cm.coe.int/ta/resAP/1995/95xp3.htm

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European Union

Recommendation on the employment of disabled people in the European Community

Council Recommendation of 24 July 1986 on the Employment of Disabled People in the Community
http://www.logos-net.net/ilo/150_base/en/instr/eu_28.htm

Resolution concerning integration of children and young people with disabilities into ordinary system of education

Council Resolution of 31 May 1990 (Official journal No. C 162, 03/07/1990 P. 0002-0003).
http://europa.eu.int/infonet/library/m/90c16202/en.htm

Resolution on equality of opportunity for people with disabilities

Council Resolution of 20 December 1996 (Official Journal C 012)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/soc-prot/disable/com406/res_en.htm/p>

Resolution on equal employment opportunity for people with disabilities

Council Resolution of 17 June 1999 (Official Journal C 186)
http://www.eumap.org/library/datab/Documents/1062663851.59/Ires_en.pdf

Resolution on equal opportunities for pupils and students with disabilities in education and training

Council Resolution of 5 May 2003 (Official Journal No. C 134)
http://europa.eu.int/comm/employment_social/news/2003/oct/134_04_en.pdf

Resolution on “Easy-Accessibility”: improving the access of people with disabilities to the knowledge

Council Resolution of 6 February 2003 (Official Journal No. C 309)
http://anubis.dkuug.dk/jkc1/sc22/wg20/docs/3122-e-access.pdf

Resolution on the rights of disabled people

European Parliament, A4-0391/1996
http://www3.europarl.eu.int/omk/omnsapir.so/pv2?PRG=DOCPV&APP=PV2&LANGUE=EN&SDOCT
_Doc=RESOL&TPV=DEF&DATE=131296&PrgPrv=TYPEF@A4|PRG@QUERY|APP@PV2|FILE@ @391|YEAR@96|PLAGE@1&TYPEF=A4&NUMB=1&DATEF=961213

Resolution on the human rights of disabled people

European Parliament, B4-1494, 1510, 1513, 1540, 1552/95, R4-3224/1996)
http://europa.eu.int/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smpartapilcelexapilprod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=51

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OAS-Organisation of American States

Inter-American convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against persons

AG/RES.1608 (XXIX-O/99), 7 June 1999
(Resolution adopted at the first plenary session, held on June 7, 1999)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/instree/disabilitytreaty.html

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