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Human Rights, Disability and Catholic Social Teaching

Presentation by Anthony Steel Institute for Advancing Community Engagement May, 2010. Human Rights, Disability and Catholic Social Teaching.

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Human Rights, Disability and Catholic Social Teaching

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  1. Presentation byAnthony SteelInstitute for Advancing Community Engagement • May, 2010 Human Rights, Disability andCatholic Social Teaching

  2. International Human Rights TreatiesTogether, these three documents and their optional protocols are referred to as the International Bill of Human Rights. (1) Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)(2) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966/1976)(3) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966/1976)

  3. International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965/1969) • Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979/1981) • Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989/1990) • Convention against Torture or Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984/1987)

  4. International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Members of Their Families (1990/2003) • Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006/2008) • International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (2006/not yet in force)

  5. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities General principles • Respect for the inherent dignity, autonomy, including the freedom to make one’s own decisions, and independence of persons; • Non-discrimination; • Full and effective participation and inclusion in society; • Respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity; • Equality of opportunity;

  6. Accessibility; • Equality between men and women; and • Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities.

  7. Rights While the civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights specified in the Convention apply to all human beings, the Convention focuses on the actions States must take to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy these rights on an equal basis with others.

  8. ….. there is a growing awareness of the sublime dignity of human persons, who stand above all things, and whose rights and duties are universal and inviolable. They ought, therefore, to have ready access to all that is necessary for leading a genuinely human life: for example, food, clothing, housing, the right to freely choose their state of life and set up a family, the right to education, to work, to their good name, to respect, to proper knowledge, the right to act according to the dictates of conscience and to safeguard their privacy, and rightful freedom, including freedom of religion. PASTORAL CONSTITUTION ON THE CHURCH IN THE MODERN WORLDGAUDIUM ET SPES, 1965

  9. Principles of Catholic Social Teaching: 1. Dignity of the Human Person  2. Common Good and Community 3. Option for the Poor * * Preferencia: priority rather than preference * Opcion: Decision/commitment of where to stand * Pobre: the common people, people who are overlooked, who are not respected; not just the materially poor (Nuances from Professor James Nickoloff, EREA Seminar, Strathfield 11th May, 2010)

  10. 4. Rights and Responsibilities 5. Economic Justice   6. Promotion of Peace and Disarmament 7. Stewardship of God's Creation  8. Participation  9.Role of Government and Subsidiarity 10. Global Solidarity and Development

  11. Acknowledgements: http://www2.ohchr.org/english/law/ http://www.bayefsky.com/ http://www.bayefsky.com/tree.php/area/treaties

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