Domain 3 | Module 10: International Declarations and Conventions on Disability Rights

Question 1

“Any ___________, ___________, or ___________ based on a disability, record of disability, condition resulting from a previous disability, or perception of disability, whether present or past, which has the effect or objective of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise by a person with a disability of his or her human rights and fundamental freedoms.”

Where is this definition of disability is taken from?

Answer 1

distinction, exclusion, restriction

1999 Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities

Question 2

Who drafted The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), where, and in what year?

Answer 2

The United Nations General Assembly in Paris in 1948

Question 3

What legal instrument served as the first official declaration that people have fundamental human rights that must be universally protected?

Answer 3

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)

Question 4

True or False:

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a common standard of achievement for all peoples and nations.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

What legal instrument came to be the first binding international human rights instrument that specifically protects the rights of people with disabilities and in what year?

Answer 5

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

2006

Question 6

True or False:

States that ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) are not required to take steps to implement those rights

Answer 6

FALSE

States that ratify (accept) the agreement must take steps to implement those rights

Question 7

What article of The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) address accessibility directly?

Answer 7

Article 9

Question 8

True or False:

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) does not directly address technology when it comes to accessibility

Answer 8

False:

“To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others… including … technologies.”

Question 9

What legal instrument ensures that people who have vision or other print disabilities have access to books and other printed materials and in what year was it adopted?

Answer 9

The Marrakesh Treaty in 2013

Question 10

The Marrakesh Treaty Copyright exception allows people to contact the owner to create accessible versions of copyrighted material with.

Answer 10

FALSE

Copyright exception allows people to create accessible versions of copyrighted material without having to contact the owner.