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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is committed to supporting
and promoting human rights for all current and potential Paralympic
athletes. In 2004, the IPC Governing Board approved a Position Statement
stressing equal access and opportunities and hosted an International
Symposium on Human Rights on the occasion of the Athens 2004 Paralympic
Games. The Symposium, co-organized by Rehabilitation International,
brought together representatives from government, sport, the disability
rights movement and media to discuss the status, current issues and
hot topics around human rights for persons with a disability. A webcast
of the symposium is available at www.db1.org/IPCWMP/index.html. Resources
The IPC and Rehabilitation International developed educational toolkits
to explain the process of developing a Convention on the Rights and
Dignities of Persons with a Disability and the role of Paralympic
athletes as advocates. In addition, the IPC has published a document written by Ms. Cheri
Blauwet, US
Paralympic athlete and scholar titled "The
Paralympics: Promoting Health and Human Rights through Sport". Ms
Blauwet outlines how the Paralympic Movement can be a vehicle to promote
the concepts of health and human rights for athletes with a disability.
Source:
Contact:
For more information about the IPC's approach to
human rights or publications, please contact, IPC Development Manager
at amy.farkas@paralympic.org
or visit the IPC website http://www.paralympic.org.
The Position Statement of the IPC on Human Rights
IPC Handbook Section
2, Chapter 2
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