international and regional instruments relevant to accessible tourism and disability by aiko akiyama

International and regional instruments relevant to accessible tourism and

disability

Aiko AkiyamaEmerging Social Issues Division

ESCAP

Three documents

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards and Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society.

Biwako Plus Five

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

First disability-specific human rights treaty

legally binding

principle: equality and non-discrimination

have the same rights on equal basis with non-disabled persons in civil, political, socio, economic and cultural domains of life.

50 articles.


What does it mean? Take an example of traveling experience.

Access to information, services, transportation, facilities Accessibility (Article 9)

Access to assistive devices, technologies, live assistance and intermediaries.Personal Mobility (Article 20)


What does it mean? Take an example of traveling experience.

Being a part of local festival, enjoying sports match, traveling.

Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport (Article 30)


Governments have to take measures to ensure therealization of all these rights.

This convention obligates States to take measuresto any person, organization or private enterprise.

Biwako Millennium Framework for Action towards and Inclusive, Barrier-free and Rights-based Society.

• Regional guideline on policies and actions on disability, within a framework of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, from 2003 to 2012. -Time-bound document.

• Principle: inclusive, barrier-free and rights-based• 7 priority areas

Biwako Plus Five• Supplement to the Biwako, valid until 2012.• Stress “disability-inclusive development”• Stress “rights-based approach”• Stress the implementation of laws and policies. • States “take appropriate measures to promote

accessible tourism.” under the area of access to built environments and public transport.


and the Biwako20122007

CRPD

Biwako

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Biwako Plus Five

Positive changes to be expected from implementing these documents

A new understanding:Making environment accessible is a matter of rights.“Inaccessible” might be illegal.“Barrier-free” society is for all =“inclusive.”

New policies

More accessible environment, services

More benefit to the business

Impact of the implementing these documentsEx. TAKAYAMA, Gifu, Japan

242007© Hida-Takayama Tokyo Office

Takayama City – Example #1Construction of Barrier-free Intersections


Takayama City – Example #2Installation of Wheelchair-Friendly

Restrooms


Takayama City – Example #3Transportation Support

Free use of electric scooters, wheelchairs, etc.

In the Town Hida Folk Village

Sign promoting free use of strollers, wheelchairs, and scooters


Takayama City – Example #4Support for Visual and Hearing Disabilities

Information in BrailleSign-language Animation

Please choose facilities that want to see.


Takayama City – Example #5Multi-lingual City Signage for Tourists


Takayama City – Example #6Taxis for the Disabled

About 30 Wheelchair Access Taxis Supporting the City


Takayama City – Example #7Large-Lettering and Color Contrast


Impact- a case in Takayama

• Economic effect • -Number of visitors: • 2.08 millions in 1993 to 3.18 millions in

2002• -Amount of Consumption by visitors:• 30.85 billion yen in 1993 to 53.66 billion

yenin 2002 (73.9% up)

Impact – a case in TakayamaLady in Wheelchair Enjoys the Friendly

Morning Market


Conclusion

• Ratification of the Convention and implementation, Biwako and the Biwako Plus Five.– Once 20 Governments ratifies, CRPD takes effect.

• National application of the Convention, Biwakoand the Biwako Plus Five.– Laws (anti-discrimination law on disability) policies,

accessibility code)– Awareness raising

BIWAKO

Let’s continue to work together

http://www.un.org/disabilities/UNESCAP Disability Website:

http://unescap.org/esid/psis/disability/index.asp

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