S.R. 115 Summary

• Urges the State of Hawaii to adopt the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, an international human rights instrument protecting the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities.

• Urges the United States Senate to ratify the Convention, which President Obama signed in 2009 but failed to secure the required two-thirds majority for Senate ratification.

• Recognizes Hawaii's commitment to human rights and the Convention's role in shifting global perspective from viewing persons with disabilities as charity cases toward recognizing them as full and equal members of society.

• Directs transmission of certified copies of the resolution to the UN Secretary General, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, President of the United States, President Pro Tempore of the U.S. Senate, U.S. Secretary of State, and Hawaii's Congressional delegation.