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Remarks by Akiko Ito

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2017

Akiko Ito*
Affiliation:
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Division for Social Policy and Development, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Abstract

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Type
Forgotten Sisters: Violence Against Women with Disabilities—Human Rights Law and Complex Identity Status
Copyright
Copyright © American Society of International Law 2012

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References

1 UN Charter, June 26, 1945.

2 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, Dec. 18, 1979, 1249 U.N.T.S. 13.

3 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, G.A. Res. 61/106, Annex I, UN Gaor, 61st Sess., Supp. No. 49, at 65, UN Doc. A/61/49 (2006) (entered into force May 3, 2008).

4 Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, G.A. Res. 61/295, UN Doc. A/RES/47/1 (2007).

5 UN Secretary-General, In-Depth Study on All Forms of Violence Against Women: Report of the Secretary- General, UN Doc. A/61/122/Add.l (July 6, 2006).

6 See G.A. Res. 63/150 (Dec. 18, 2008); G.A. Res. 64/164 (Mar. 26, 2010); G.A. Res. 65/186 (Feb. 4, 2011).

7 Rangita de Silva de Al Wis Et Al., Disability Rights, Gender and Development: A Resource Tool for Action (2008), available at http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/Publication/UNWCW%20MANUAL.pdf.

8 UN Women, UN Women Annual Retort 2010-2011, at 13 (2011).