Highlights
22 May: Side-event to the 12th session of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues: Indigenous persons with disabilities: achieving rights and inclusion in development. A call to action. UN Headquarters, Trusteeship Council, 1.15 to 2.30 p.m.
Preparatory processes for the High-level Meeting on disability and development (23 September 2013)
6th Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, 17-19 July 2013
Civil Society Forum, 16 July 2013
NGO Accreditation: (Deadline: 31 May)
Application for side-events: (Deadline: 31 May)
NHRI registration: (Deadline: 30 June)
NGO Registration: (Deadline: 8 July)
International Day of Persons with Disabilities, 3 December 2013
“Break barriers, open doors: for an inclusive society for all”
Recent events:
Commission for Social Development
51st Session, 6 - 15 February 2013
67th session of the General Assembly adopts three resolutions related to disability
Report of the Consultative Meeting of the African Disability Forum, Addis Ababa, 28-29 November 2012
Fifth Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, UN Headquarters, 12-14 September 2012
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
- Iraq ratified the Convention on 20-3-2013
- Barbados ratified the Convention on 27-2-2013
- Albania ratified the Convention on 11-2-2013
- Singapore signed the Convention on 30-11-2012
Convention
Ratifications/Accessions: 130
Signatories: 155
Optional Protocol
Ratification/Accessions: 76
Signatories: 91
United Nations Enable Newsletter
Latest issue: April 2013
Key issues:
- NEW: Indigenous persons with disabilities
- 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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