Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and optional protocol

AD-HOC COMMITTEE ON A COMPREHENSIVE AND INTEGRAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON PROTECTION AND PROMOTION OF THE RIGHTS AND DIGNITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Publication Date 

December 2006

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities acknowledges their rights to education, health, work and more. It provides a platform for action and activitism on inclusion and equity in countries which ratify and strive to implement it

Document No:A/61/611 

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http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/OptionalProtocolRightsPers...

Keywords 

Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Human rights; rights; Politics government and economics; international cooperation; legislation and policy

Regional Focus 

Worldwide

Language 

English; French; Spanish; Arabic; Russian; Chinese; Albanian; Portuguese; Bangla; Catalan; Croatian; Greek; Hungarian; Hindi; Tamil; Farsi; Kiswahili; Maltese; Nepali; Dutch; Urdu; Polish; Korean; Swedish; Turkish

CRPD 

CRPD: general

Publisher 

United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA)

Related Record 

CRPD in plain language