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| Letter of support to employees and friends of the Institute for Dystrophic in Banja Luka. |
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Wednesday, March 03 2010 @ 01:49 PM CET
Contributed by: bepa
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Dear!
YHD – Association for Theory and Culture of Handicap from Slovenia also a member of ENIL1 (European Network on Independent Living) gives all support to friends that have decided to go on hunger strike to fight for their right to be employed and their right to work, which gives them an opportunity for a decent standard of living. Most of the strikers are already in bad health because of Muscular Dystrophy and they all suffered a lot during the war, that is why their will to live and work is even more important and worthy of admiration and respect. They are even setting an example to all other citizens and should be shown as an example of good practice through out the world.
Residents of the Institution have no other housing options or alternatives for life and work of residents, so any act that goes towards the closure of the institution and their jobs is unacceptable. Especially in accordance with the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities2 in particular articles 5. 15., 16., 17., 19., 25., 27.
We urge you to tackle the given situation immediately and provide all relevant conditions for life and work of the residents of the Institution. We have also informed the MEP’s from Slovenia about this situation and asked them for help and intervention.
In hope and desire, that the promises that were made to the residents in 2009 will be met.
With kind regards,
Elena Pečarič
President
http://www.enil.eu/enil/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=80
2http://www.mddsz.gov.si/fileadmin/mddsz.gov.si/pageuploads/dokumenti__pdf/konvencija_o_pravicah_invalidov_an.pdf
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