This week we will look more in details at two additional regional perspectives, those of States in the Organisation of American States (OAS) and those of States belonging to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

OAS

Starting from OAS and in particular the Latin American region, we look at the issue of disability and access to justice. To support your study, please read first the text of the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disability (especially articles 2, 13, 14) and then General Comment No. 2 (2014) “Article 9: Accessibility" adopted by the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiies

CRPD GC2 Accessibility.pdf

The video below, instead, discusses more in details the following aspects:

physical, attitudinal and communicational obstacles for persons with disabilities to access justice;
the right to be heard by a Court and the right to defense and to legal representation;
the need for adjustments;
ethical and legal obligations;
good practices at the regional level.

Godachevich_transcript.pdf

Further links to materials relating to good practices and national implementation are provided in the above transcript of the video lecture.

ASEAN

This second part looks at public policy on disability in the ASEAN region.

The presentation by Nanda Krairiksh, Toward a disability-inclusive post-2015 development framework: Regional perspectives will give you a general sense of recent general issues and prospects.

The video below, more in detail, introduces you to ASEAN and then offers an overview of the rights of persons with disabilities in the region before looking at legal and political commitments of ASEAN Member States on disability. It also looks at public policy on disability in selected ASEAN countries (Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand). The session will conclude with a brief overview of some specific but pertinent challenges that are faced by persons with disabilities in the region.

Petcharamesree_transcript.pdf

Please read the ASEAN Human Rights Declaration and the Bali Declaration before moving to an overview of the ASEAN Vision 2025 (you can start by reading below from page 13 to page 17:

ASEAN-2025-Forging-Ahead-Together-final.pdf

OPTIONAL: the same document provides information on each specific ASEAN Community and it could make an interesting read, as suggested by our lecturer. The transcript of the video, instead, lists refences to additional materials.

Now, are you ready for our weekly discussion?