The UNCRPD and Sign Language Peoples
De Meulder, M. (2014). The UNCRPD and Sign Language Peoples. In A. Pabsch (Ed.), UNCRPD Implementation in Europe – A Deaf Perspective. Article 29: Participation in Political and Public Life (pp. 12-28). European Union of the Deaf.
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[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]
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