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    This document discusses initiatives to protect the rights of disabled and elderly people at the global and international level. It outlines the key principles and provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. The Convention is an international treaty that promotes equality and inclusion for disabled people, while the ADA is a US law that prohibits disability-based discrimination in employment, government services, public accommodations and telecommunications.

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    Barrier - Free and Built Environment: Unit - 2

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    BARRIER – FREE AND

    BUILT ENVIRONMENT
    UNIT – 2

    • INITIATIVES AT GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR PROTECTION OF


    RIGHTS OF DISABLED AND ELDERLY PEOPLE.
    • AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT ,1990.

    HAMPI GAJULA – 41
    OSHIN JOE – 44
    VACHASPATHI KONDLA –
    63
    MEHER SHIVANI. M – 72
    MOHAMMAD IMTIYAZ –
    73
    MOHAMMED IRFAN - 74
    INITIATIVES AT GLOBAL AND INTERNATIONAL LEVEL FOR PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF DISABLED
    AND ELDERLY PEOPLE

    The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international 


    human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and 
    dignity of people with disabilities. Parties to the Convention are required to 
    promote, protect, and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by people with 
    disabilities and ensure that they enjoy full equality under the law.
    Guiding principles of the Convention
    There are eight guiding principles that underlie the Convention:
    •Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy including the freedom to make 
    one's own choices, 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
    •Accessibility
    •Equality between men and women
    •Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for 
    the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities
    • Prevention of discrimination
    • Accessibility
    • Situations of risk and humanitarian emergency
    • Recognition before the law and legal capacity
    • Access to justice
    • Right to education
    • Right to health
    • Protecting the integrity of the person
    • Respect for the family
    • Habilitation and rehabilitation
    • Participation rights
    • Work and employment
    • Adequate standard of living and social protection
    • Right to vote
    • Reservations
    AMERICAN DISABILITIES ACT ,1990

    The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 is a civil rights law that 


    prohibits discrimination based on disability.
     It affords similar protections against discrimination to Americans with 
    disabilities as the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which made discrimination based 
    on race, religion, sex, national origin, and other characteristics illegal.
    The ADA calls for nondiscrimination against Americans with disabilities in 
    five areas: 
    Title I – Employment
     Title II – Public Services 
    Title III – Public Accommodations
     Title IV – Telecommunications 
    Title V – Miscellaneous Provisions
    Examples of Commission initiated ADA litigation include:
    • A 1993 consent decree resolving a claim alleging disability-based distinctions in a 
    union's health insurance plan which limited lifetime benefits for AIDS to $50,000, 
    while providing benefits up to $500,000 for other catastrophic conditions. In this 
    case, the defendant company and union agreed to pay $100,000 for medical 
    expenses and damages, and to remove the limit on AIDS coverage retroactive to the 
    ADA's effective date.
    • A 1997 jury verdict finding that Wal-Mart had discriminated by refusing to hire an 
    individual who used a wheelchair because of his disability. As part of its evidence, 
    EEOC introduced a videotape showing the charging party performing many physically 
    challenging activities during his daily life. The jury awarded $8,399 in back pay, 
    $75,000 in compensatory damages, and $3.5 million in punitive damages (later 
    reduced to $225,000 because of the statutory cap on punitive damages).
    BIBLIOGRAPHY:

    •https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention_on_the_Rights_of_Persons_with_Dis
    abilities

    •https://www.slideshare.net/jmerfrench/powerpoint-1562307

    •https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_with_Disabilities_Act_of_1990

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