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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Declaration 20091
Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986

I, ROBERT MCCLELLAND, Attorney‑General, make this Declaration under subsection 47 (1) of the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Commission Act 1986.

Dated 20 April 2009

ROBERT MCCLELLAND
Attorney‑General

1 Name of Declaration

  This Declaration is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Declaration 2009.

2 Commencement

  This Declaration commences on the day after it is registered.

3 Definition

  In this Declaration:
Act means the Human Rights and Equal Opportunity Act 1986.

4 Declaration as instrument relating to human rights and freedoms

  For subsection 47 (1) of the Act, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, set out in Schedule 1, is for the purposes of the Act an international instrument relating to human rights and freedoms.

5 Ratification

  For subparagraph 47 (2) (a) (ii) of the Act, a copy of Australia's instrument of ratification of the international instrument is set out in Schedule 2.

Schedule 1 Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
(section 4)

CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

  Preamble

 The States Parties to the present Convention,

 (a) Recalling the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations which recognize the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world,

 (b) Recognizing that the United Nations, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in the International Covenants on Human Rights, has proclaimed and agreed that everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth therein, without distinction of any kind,

 (c) Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for persons with disabilities to be guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination,

 (d) Recalling the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights of the Child, and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families,

 (e) Recognizing that disability is an evolving concept and that disability results from the interaction between persons with impairments and attitudinal and environmental barriers that hinders their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others,

 (f) Recognizing the importance of the principles and policy guidelines contained in the World Programme of