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AUSTRALIA - WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES SUBMISSION TO UN SPECIAL

RAPPORTEURS ON FORCED STERILISATION OF DISABLED WOMEN & GIRLS

 

Direct Link to Full 8-Page WWDA Statement:

http://www.wwda.org.au/WWDA_Submission_SR2011.pdf 

 

In late June 2011, Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA) submitted a formal communication to the United Nations regarding the ongoing practice of forced sterilisation in Australia. WWDA’s Submission was sent simultaneously to four of the United Nations Special Rapporteurs, Mr. Shuaib Chalklen (Special Rapporteur on Disability); Mr. Anand Grover (Special Rapporteur on the Right to the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health); Ms. Rashida Manjoo (Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women); and Mr. Juan E Méndez (Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment). Special Rapporteurs often conduct fact-finding missions to countries to investigate allegations of human rights violations.

 

WWDA’s Submission has requested that the Special Rapporteurs urgently intervene to urge the Australian Government to comply with the recommendations of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (July 2010), the Committee on the Rights of the Child (October 2005), and the UN Human Rights Council (January 2011) and act immediately to prohibit the non-therapeutic and forced sterilisation of women and girls with disabilities in Australia. 

 

Carolyn Frohmader - Executive Director

Women With Disabilities Australia (WWDA)

Ph: +61 3 6244 8288  Fax: +61 3 6244 8255

Email: wwda@wwda.org.au

Web: www.wwda.org.au