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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:
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