Highlights
Fifth Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
UN Headquarters, 12-14 September 2012; Civil Society Forum 10-11 September 2012.
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2012
Removing barriers to create an inclusive and accessible society for all
High-level meeting on disability and development, 23 September 2013
Recent events:
11th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, interactive panel discussion on 11 May: “Indigenous Persons with Disabilities: Overcoming Challenges to Achieving Rights and Inclusion in Development”
UN Expert Group Meeting on Building Inclusive Society and Development Through Promoting ICT Accessibility: Emerging Issues and Trends (Tokyo Japan, 19-21 April 2012)
45th session of the UN Commission on Population and Development
Panel discussion on 27 April: "Mainstreaming youth and adolescents with disabilities in the international development agenda"
Rio+20
Information Brief: Options for Inclusion of Disability in the Rio+20 Zero Outcome Document
Convention in Brief
It’s About Ability - An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNICEF)
Latest developments
- Ratifications and Signatories of the Convention and its Optional Protocol
- Map of Signatures and Ratifications
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 112 ratifications
- 153 signatories
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- 64 ratifications
- 90 signatories
- Mauritania ratified the Convention on 3-4-2012
- Mauritania ratified the Optional Protocol on 3-4-2012
- Bulgaria ratified the Convention on 22-3-2012
- Mozambique ratified the Convention on 30-1-2012
United Nations Enable Newsletter
Latest issue: April 2012
Key issues:
- MDGs and Disability
- Women and girls with disabilities
- Disability and statistics
- Disability and HIV/AIDS
- Mental Health and Development
- Disability, natural disasters and emergency situations
- Disability and Sports
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