International law

Denial of house arrest, detention conditions, access to medical care and timely, suitable rehabilitation services. Discrimination on the ground of disability; reasonable accommodation; equality and non-discrimination; accessibility; right to life, health, habilitation and rehabilitation.    

Accessibility is a precondition for persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully and equally in society.

Failure by the State party to eliminate discrimination on the basis of disability, and to respect the obligation to guarantee to persons with disabilities political rights, including the right to vote, on an equal basis with other citizens.      

The authors of the communication are Szilvia Nyusti, a Hungarian national born 8 May 1979 (the first author), and Péter Takács, a Hungarian national born 31 May 1977 (the second author). The authors claim to be victims of a violation by Hungary of their rights under article 5, paragraphs 2 and 3; article 9 and article 12, paragraph 5, of the Convention on the Rights for Persons with Disabilities (the Convention). The Optional Protocol to the Convention entered into force for the State party on 3 May 2008. The authors are represented by counsel, Tamás Fazekas, Hungarian Helsinki Committee.      

The communication is submitted by Kenneth R. McAlpine, a British national born on 12 August 1964.

The author of the communication, dated 6 December 2010, is Ms. H. M., a Swedish national born in 1978.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for signature on 30 March 2007.