Anybody heard of this treaty?
I happened to find this while looking at U.S. demographics at
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disabled. Either I am in the dark or we all need
to get the Government here to become more active enforcing these Rights.
Especially over utilization of nursing homes to meet long term care needs.
On December 13, 2006, the United Nations formally agreed on the Convention on
the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the first human rights treaty of the
21st century, to protect and enhance the rights and opportunities of the
world's estimated 650 million disabled people.[1] Countries that sign up to the
convention will be required to adopt national laws, and remove old ones, so
that persons with disabilities would, for example, have equal rights to
education, employment, and cultural life; the right to own and inherit
property; not be discriminated against in marriage, children, etc; not be
unwilling subjects in medical experiments.
Glory to GOD &
Sincerely, Jim Rice C-5&6 10 yrs. post
""I have a dream that one day soon, all people with physical challenges will be
treated equally. I will not let things I am not able to do yet, Stop what the
LORD & I can. !!!"
