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UU.: El Senado desperdicia oportunidad de aprobar la Convención sobre Discapacidad</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Dic 4, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Estados Unidos ha desaprovechado una importante oportunidad de asumir un liderazgo global en materia de derechos de discapacidad ya que el Senado no consiguió aprobar la ratificación de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-2 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/10/02/ghana-personas-con-discapacidad-mental-sufren-graves-abusos">Ghana: Personas con discapacidad mental sufren graves abusos</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 2, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Numerosas personas con discapacidad mental sufren graves abusos en instituciones psiquiátricas y centros de sanación espiritual de Ghana, indicó Human Rights Watch en un informe difundido hoy. El gobierno de Ghana no ha adoptado suficientes medidas para combatir estos abusos o asegurar que estas personas puedan ejercer su derecho a vivir en comunidad, reconocido por el derecho internacional.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-3 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/08/07/ee-uutexas-detener-la-ejecuci-n-de-hombre-con-discapacidad-intelectual">EE. UU./Texas: Detener la ejecución de hombre con discapacidad intelectual</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Ago 7, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Texas no debe ejecutar a un hombre que tiene una discapacidad intelectual significativa. La ejecución de Marvin Lee Wilson, que fue condenado a muerte por el secuestro y el asesinato de un informante de la policía sobre tráfico de drogas en 1992, está prevista para el 7 de agosto de 2012.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-4 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/07/20/conferencia-del-vih-incluir-personas-con-discapacidad">Conferencia del VIH: Incluir a personas con discapacidad</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 20, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Los donantes que apoyan los programas de VIH, los encargados de formular políticas y los proveedores de servicios deberían garantizar que los 1,000 millones de personas con discapacidad del mundo tengan el mismo acceso que las demás a los tratamientos y cuidados de prevención del VIH.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-5 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/07/19/corte-suprema-de-estados-unidos-detener-ejecuci-n-en-georgia">Corte Suprema de Estados Unidos: Detener ejecución en Georgia</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 19, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">La Corte Suprema de Estados Unidosdebe impedir que el estado de Georgia ejecute a un hombre cuyas pruebas indican que tiene una discapacidad intelectual significativa. La ejecución de Warren Lee Hill, Jr. está programada para el 23 de julio de 2012.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-6 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/07/03/el-fin-de-las-excepciones">Perú: El fin de las excepciones</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jul 3, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-7 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/06/21/sud-n-meridional-detenciones-arbitrarias-y-duras-condiciones-carcelarias">Sudán Meridional: Detenciones arbitrarias y duras condiciones carcelarias</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Jun 21, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Los procesos deficientes, las detenciones ilegales y las duras condiciones en las prisiones de Sudán Meridional demuestran la necesidad urgente de mejorar el sistema de justicia en ciernes de esta nueva nación.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-8 views-row-even"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/05/15/los-derechos-de-personas-con-discapacidad-en-los-comicios">Perú: Los derechos de personas con discapacidad en los comicios</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Mayo 15, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>Perú debería eliminar los obstáculos significativos que impiden que personas con discapacidad ejerzan su derecho a votar y otros derechos civiles, señaló Human Rights Watch en un informe divulgado hoy. Al no abordar estos obstáculos, se menoscaba el liderazgo asumido por Perú como uno de los primeros países en ratificar la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad en 2008.</p></div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-9 views-row-odd"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2012/04/02/carta-comisiones-del-congreso-de-peru-sobre-el-internamiento-involuntario-de-persona">Carta al Congreso de Peru sobre el Internamiento Involuntario de Personas con Discapacidades</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Abr 2, 2012</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content">Human Rights Watch expresa su preocupación acerca de la Ley N.° 29737 y las disposiciones relacionadas en el ordenamiento jurídico peruano que permiten el internamiento involuntario de personas con discapacidad psicológica o mental y de aquellas que sufren de adicción para que reciban tratamiento, en circunstancias que no cumplen con las normas internacionales de derechos humanos.</div> </div> </li> <li class="views-row views-row-10 views-row-even views-row-last"> <div class="views-field-field-imagefile-fid"> <span class="field-content"></span> </div> <div class="views-field-title"> <span class="field-content"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news/2011/10/17/avance-importante-para-el-derecho-voto-de-las-personas-con-discapacidad">Perú: Avance importante para el derecho a voto de las personas con discapacidad</a></span> </div> <div class="views-field-created"> <span class="field-content">Oct 17, 2011</span> </div> <div class="views-field-field-news-teaser-value"> <div class="field-content"><p>La decisión de Perú de restablecer el derecho a voto de miles de personas con discapacidad constituye una medida importante que contribuirá a asegurar su plena participación en la sociedad. Más de 23,000 personas con discapacidades mentales e intelectuales habían sido excluidas del padrón electoral para las elecciones presidenciales de abril y junio de 2011 como resultado de una política del gobierno anterior.</p></div> </div> </li> </ul> </div> </div> <div class="more-link"> <a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/news-all/700">more documents on this topic »</a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div id="footer"> <div class="limiter clear-block"> <div class="clear-block"><a href="#header" class="back-to-top">Back to top</a></div> <div class="nav"> <a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/rss" class="rss-link">RSS</a> <div class="pipe-links"><a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/home">Portada</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a href="/web/20130511014638/http://www.hrw.org/es/our-work">Nuestro Trabajo</a> <span class="pipe">|</span> <a 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