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Universal accessibility as a standard in human rights and sustainable development

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  • María Soledad Cisternas Reyes Enviada Especial del Secretario General de Naciones Unidas sobre Discapacidad y Accesibilidad
Vol. 16 No. 2 (2020): Anuario Derechos Humanos
https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-2279.2020.59182

Abstract

This article analyzes the principle of universal accessibility as a human rights standard enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in the Inter-American Convention on the Protection of Human Rights of Older Persons of the Organization of American States. The analysis covers the linkage of the principle of universal accessibility to the Agenda 2030 for sustainable development with respect to sustainable cities and communities; the relationship of this principle to corporate human rights obligations and its importance in the covid-19. pandemic context.

Keywords:

Accessibility, universal design, Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Organization of American States Inter-American Convention on Protect-ing the Human Rights of Older Persons, Sustainable Development Goals

Author Biography

María Soledad Cisternas Reyes, Enviada Especial del Secretario General de Naciones Unidas sobre Discapacidad y Accesibilidad

María Soledad Cisternas Reyes abogada y magíster en Ciencias Políticas de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. Enviada especial del secretario general sobre Discapacidad y Accesibilidad de Naciones Unidas, desde el 2017. Expresidenta del Comité sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad de Naciones Unidas (2013-2016). Premio Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Chile (2014).

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Cisternas Reyes, M. S. (2020). Universal accessibility as a standard in human rights and sustainable development. Anuario De Derechos Humanos, 16(2), 331–345. https://doi.org/10.5354/0718-2279.2020.59182
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