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The UNCRPD and Sign Language Peoples
Maartje De Meuldersubject
kuurotviittomakieliihmisoikeudetdisability studiesdeafsdeaf studiesdescription
[Introduction] On 13 December 2006, the General Assembly of the United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and its associated Optional Protocol, the first human rights treaty to be adopted in the 21st century. The UNCRPD opened for signature on 30 March 2007 and entered into force on 3 May 2008. The Convention has over 150 signatories and more than 140 State Parties have ratified it. The UNCRPD is a group-‐specific treaty in that it caters to a specific group of people: persons with disabilities1, a group of about 1 billion people worldwide (WHO 2011), often referred to as the world’s largest minority. Deaf people are included in the Convention; all articles are applicable to them. Specific reference to sign languages and Deaf culture is made in 5 different articles. [Continues, please see the article] nonPeerReviewed
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| 2014-01-01 |