CPACC Exam with correct Answers
What is the Universal Declaration of Human Rights? - Answers -Signed in 1948, the
Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history
of human rights. Drafted by representatives with different legal and cultural backgrounds
from all regions of the world, it set out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be
universally protected.
What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? - Answers -
The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and
approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from
viewing persons with disabilities as "objects" of charity, medical treatment and social
protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as "subjects" with rights, who are
capable of claiming those rights and making decisions for their lives based on their free
and informed consent as well as being active members of society. The Convention is
intended as a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension. It
adopts a broad categorization of persons with disabilities and reaffirms that all persons
with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. It
clarifies and qualifies how all categories of rights apply to persons with disabilities and
identifies areas where adaptations have to be made for persons with disabilities to
effectively exercise their rights and areas where their rights have been violated, and
where protection of rights must be reinforced. The Convention was negotiated during
eight sessions of an Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly from 2002 to 2006,
making it the fastest negotiated human rights treaty.
What is the The Marrakesh Treaty? - Answers -The purpose of the Marrakesh Treaty to
Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or
Otherwise Print Disabled is to ensure that people who have vision or other print
disabilities have access to books and other printed materials. In its introduction to the
treaty, the World Intellectual Property Organization states that:
The Marrakesh Treaty was adopted on June 27, 2013 in Marrakesh and it forms part of
the body of international copyright treaties administered by WIPO. It has a clear
humanitarian and social development dimension and its main goal is to create a set of
mandatory limitations and exceptions for the benefit of the blind, visually impaired, and
otherwise print disabled (VIPs).
What is the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union? - Answers -The
Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (the Charter) brings together the
fundamental rights of everyone living in the EU. It was introduced to bring consistency
and clarity to the rights established at different times and in different ways in individual
, EU Member States. The Charter sets out the full range of civil, political, economic and
social rights based on:
• The fundamental rights and freedoms recognised by the European Convention on
Human Rights
• The constitutional traditions of the EU Member States, for example, longstanding
protections of rights which exist in the common law and constitutional law of the UK and
other EU Member States
• The Council of Europe's Social Charter
• The Community Charter of Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, and
• Other international conventions to which the EU or its Member States are parties.
The Charter became legally binding on EU Member States when the Treaty of Lisbon
entered into force in December 2009. Relevant articles include:
Article 26: Integration of persons with disabilities The Union recognises and respects
the right of persons with disabilities to benefit from measures designed to ensure their
independence, social and occupational integration and participation in the life of the
community.
Article 21: Non-discrimination Any discrimination based on any ground such as sex,
race, colour, ethnic or social origin, genetic features, language, religion or belief,
political or any other opinion, membership of a national minority, property, birth,
disability, age or sexual orientation shall be prohibited.
What is the The African Charter on Human and People's Rights? - Answers -Although
the Charter does not specify disability, Article 2 recognizes the rights of all persons:
Article 2: Every individual shall be entitled to the enjoyment of the rights and freedoms
recognised and guaranteed in the present Charter without distinction of any kind such
as race, ethnic group, colour, sex, language, religion, political or any other opinion,
national and social origin, fortune, birth or any status.
What is the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
Against Persons with Disabilities? - Answers -Articles II and III of the Convention lay out
the Convention's objectives and how they will be achieved.
Article II: The objectives of this Convention are to prevent and eliminate all forms of
discrimination against persons with disabilities and to promote their full integration into
society.
Article III: To achieve the objectives of this Convention, the states parties undertake:
• To adopt the legislative, social, educational, labor-related, or any other measures
needed to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities and to promote their
full integration into society, including, but not limited to:
• Measures to eliminate discrimination gradually and to promote integration by
government authorities and / or private entities in providing or making available goods,