Preface
Introduction
The right to decent work of persons with disabilities: Summary overview
Introduction
Principal international legal instruments and policy initiatives
1. International legal instruments and policy initiatives concerning the right to work of persons with disabilities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Early ILO measures
1.3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1.4 Council of Europe: European Convention on Human Rights
1.5 ILO Social Security Convention (No. 102)
1.6 First ILO Recommendation devoted to vocational rehabilitation
1.7 Further ILO measures 1958–68
1.8 International Covenants
1.9 UN Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
1.10 ILO measures on the development of human resources
1.11 ILO call for comprehensive campaign
1.12 UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
1.13 International Year of Disabled Persons
1.14 UN World Programme of Action (WPA) and Decade of Disabled Persons
1.15 ILO Convention No. 159
1.16 EU Recommendation concerning employment for persons with disabilities
1.17 UN Convention recommended
1.18 Council of Europe: A Coherent Policy for the Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities
1.19 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
1.20 UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
1.21 Vienna Declaration
1.22 Monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in relation to persons with disabilities
1.23 Copenhagen Declaration
1.24 EU Treaty amendment prohibiting discrimination
1.25 Council of Europe: European Social Charter
1.26 Inter-American Convention
1.27 African Decade of Disabled Persons
1.28 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
1.29 EU Directive on Discrimination
1.30 Women with disabilities
1.31 Education and training
1.32 European Year of People with Disabilities
1.33 EU Disability Action Plan 2004–2010
1.34 Council of Europe: Malaga Declaration 2003
1.35 Council of Europe Action Plan 2006–2015
1.36 Arab Decade for Persons with Disabilities
1.37 Decade of the Americas for Persons with Disabilities
1.38 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
2 Work and employment options
2.1 Open/competitive employment
2.2 Sheltered employment
2.3 Supported employment
2.4 Social enterprises
3 Measures to facilitate work and employment
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Employment services
3.3 Training for employment
3.4 Financial supports
3.5 Technical and personal supports
3.6 Quota systems
3.7 Anti-discrimination legislation
3.8 Persuasion measures
3.9 Disability management
3.10 Consultation mechanisms
3.11 Information, monitoring and evaluation
4 Key issues and an agenda for action
4.1 Introduction
4.2 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
4.3 Agenda for action, with particular relevance to work and employment issues
Annexes:
1 Early historical development of work and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities(1900–1930)
2 Definitions
3 Ratifications of the ILO Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159), as at October 2007
4 Ratifications and Signatures of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as at October 2007
5 Council of Europe Action Plan to Promote the Rights and Full Participation of People with Disabilities in Society: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Disabilities in Europe 2006–2015
Introduction
The right to decent work of persons with disabilities: Summary overview
Introduction
Principal international legal instruments and policy initiatives
1. International legal instruments and policy initiatives concerning the right to work of persons with disabilities
1.1 Introduction
1.2 Early ILO measures
1.3 Universal Declaration of Human Rights
1.4 Council of Europe: European Convention on Human Rights
1.5 ILO Social Security Convention (No. 102)
1.6 First ILO Recommendation devoted to vocational rehabilitation
1.7 Further ILO measures 1958–68
1.8 International Covenants
1.9 UN Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
1.10 ILO measures on the development of human resources
1.11 ILO call for comprehensive campaign
1.12 UN Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
1.13 International Year of Disabled Persons
1.14 UN World Programme of Action (WPA) and Decade of Disabled Persons
1.15 ILO Convention No. 159
1.16 EU Recommendation concerning employment for persons with disabilities
1.17 UN Convention recommended
1.18 Council of Europe: A Coherent Policy for the Rehabilitation of People with Disabilities
1.19 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons
1.20 UN Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
1.21 Vienna Declaration
1.22 Monitoring the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) in relation to persons with disabilities
1.23 Copenhagen Declaration
1.24 EU Treaty amendment prohibiting discrimination
1.25 Council of Europe: European Social Charter
1.26 Inter-American Convention
1.27 African Decade of Disabled Persons
1.28 EU Charter of Fundamental Rights
1.29 EU Directive on Discrimination
1.30 Women with disabilities
1.31 Education and training
1.32 European Year of People with Disabilities
1.33 EU Disability Action Plan 2004–2010
1.34 Council of Europe: Malaga Declaration 2003
1.35 Council of Europe Action Plan 2006–2015
1.36 Arab Decade for Persons with Disabilities
1.37 Decade of the Americas for Persons with Disabilities
1.38 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
2 Work and employment options
2.1 Open/competitive employment
2.2 Sheltered employment
2.3 Supported employment
2.4 Social enterprises
3 Measures to facilitate work and employment
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Employment services
3.3 Training for employment
3.4 Financial supports
3.5 Technical and personal supports
3.6 Quota systems
3.7 Anti-discrimination legislation
3.8 Persuasion measures
3.9 Disability management
3.10 Consultation mechanisms
3.11 Information, monitoring and evaluation
4 Key issues and an agenda for action
4.1 Introduction
4.2 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
4.3 Agenda for action, with particular relevance to work and employment issues
Annexes:
1 Early historical development of work and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities(1900–1930)
2 Definitions
3 Ratifications of the ILO Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159), as at October 2007
4 Ratifications and Signatures of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as at October 2007
5 Council of Europe Action Plan to Promote the Rights and Full Participation of People with Disabilities in Society: Improving the Quality of Life for People with Disabilities in Europe 2006–2015