by the
Presentation
Special Rapporteur
on Disability
Hissa Al Thani
to the
45th Session of the
Commission for Social
Development
February 8,2008
United Nation
New York
Four parallel tracks:
• monitoring the implementation of the
Standard Rules;
• raising awareness of the rights, needs,
potentials and contributions of persons
with disabilities and Equalization of
opportunities;
• supporting disabled persons
organizations
• fostering and encouraging the interand intra- regional cooperation
Through the following means:
• Conducting country visits
• Meeting with government officials and
disabled persons organizations;
• Participating at international and
regional functions, activities,
conferences;
• presenting initiatives and at various
levels;
AND
Conducting, analyzing and publishing the
results of the
Global Survey on Government
Action on the Implementation
of the Standard Rules for the
Equalization of Opportunities
for Persons with Disabilities
The Survey:
• Identified 324 actions derived from the
22 Rules
• Was sent to 191 Member States & two
disabled persons organizations in
each country
• Is based on information gathered from
114 countries
Survey results revealed:
• No more than 50% implementation
across the globe
• 162 actions implemented globally out of
324
• Among the 5 regions, Europe, the Arab
region, Africa, Asia, and Latin America,
the highest implementation rate was 319
and the lowest was 4 out of the 324
actions;
• i.e. a 2% implementation at one end and
a 96% implementation at the other
Survey results revealed:
• Wide discrepancies between the
responses of governments & disabled
persons organizations
• Europe had the highest rate of
implementation, at 66%
• the Arab region at 61%, the AsiaPacific region at 50%, Africa at 37%
and Latin America at 33%.
Survey results revealed:
• The discrepancy between government &
DPO responses was: 34.4% in Latin
America; 33.6% in Asia; 25.9% in Africa;
24.3% in the Arab region; & 6.1% in
Europe.
• The absence of legislations aimed at
preserving the dignity & protecting the
rights of persons with disabilities
• Governments concede the importance of
DPO contributions from policy to
implementation
A full report on
Results of Phase II of the Global Survey
will be published in
March 2008
& will be available from the
Office of the Special Rapporteur
E-mail: info@srdisability.org
Tel: +974 447 7144
or
The South-North Center for Dialogue &
Development
E-mail: center22@wanadoo.jo
Tel: +962 6 552 4684