Participation process for the implementation of the UN Disabled Rights Convention

Participation process for the implementation of the UN Disabled Rights Convention

In order to improve the life situation of people with disabilities, the state government is further developing the participation process. Initial proposals for further implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities can now be commented on on the country's participation portal.

How can the life situation of people with disabilities be improved? Together with you and the representative for the concerns of people with disabilities, Convention on the Rights Rights of the United Nations (un) . Initial results can be viewed online from Monday, November 28, 2022 and can commented .

Between June and October 2022, people with disabilities that the State Disabled Advisory Board had named, and representatives of the state administration were raised in six different working groups in order to discuss requirements and problems and suggestions for the further development of the Menschen-mit- disabilities/ Inclusion-un-brk" Class = "internal-link"> Baden-Württemberg Action Slans to implement the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities.

For example,

is a really barrier-free medical care in the practices, the clear labeling of storage areas for shared mobility offers and their compliance, barrier-free e-charging pillars, better prerequisites for living, the expansion of employment subject to social security care on the general labor market and the development of formats that enable people with disabilities to ensure that they can get involved in political events and shape society.

discuss at eye level

"It is particularly important to me to discuss the future and project of the country's inclusion policy on eye level, but at eye level," said the Minister for Social Affairs, Health and Integration, Manne Lucha, on Sunday, November 27, 2022 in Stuttgart. "Only if we clarify together with the participants which specific steps we are concerned with next, we can further improve and sustainably improve the situations of people with disabilities," said the minister.

Simone Fischer, commissioned the state government for the concerns of people with disabilities Essential that people with disabilities are involved in the processes and have a good time to have effective results in the end.

Comment on the participation portal

The previous results of the participation process can be found from November 28, 2022 to January 6, 2023 in Comment portal of the state Baden-Württemberg . The results are then finalized together by the people already involved in the process with disabilities and the representatives of the state administration. After a farewell to the State Disability Advisory Board, the results of the state government are handed over for further use.

"My thanks go to everyone involved, especially the people with disabilities who have contributed to their expertise and have already brought in," said the minister. With the Allianz for participation that accompanies the process, a professional and independent partner was found. The participation process once again shows that the common goal of a full participation can only be approached through the exchange at eye level. "That is why I would like to invite all citizens and the associations of people with disabilities to bring their comments and topics about the participation portal," the minister emphasized.

The UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities

In 2008 the Convention on the rights of the people with Disabilities (UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities, in short: UN-BRK). It is a international law contract that does not create special rights, but rather concretizes and specifies universal human rights from the perspective of people with disabilities against the background of their situations. The aim is to realize an inclusive society, i.e. the equal participation, self -determination and equality of people with disabilities in all areas of life

In May 2022, the state government decided to further develop the action plan for the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Disabilities from 2015.

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