Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

 

Image of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon presenting Mr. Stevie Wonder with the appointment certificate in Braille. US Ambassador Susan Rice is to the right of Mr. Wonder.

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appoints Mr. Stevie Wonder, an internationally celebrated musician, as the new UN Messenger of Peace at UN Headquarters.

Highlights

Third Conference of States Parties, 1 - 3 September 2010, New York, UNHQ

December 3, 2010: International Day of Persons with Disabilities: 
"Keeping the promise: Mainstreaming disability in the Millennium Development Goals towards 2015 and beyond"

Expert Group Meeting on Accessibility

 

Convention in Brief

Powerpoint presentation

It’s About Ability - An explanation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNICEF)

Latest developments


Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  • 146 signatories
  • 88 ratifications

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  • 89 signatories
  • 54 ratifications

  • Grenada signed the Convention on 12-7-2010
  • Ethiopia ratified the Convention on 7-7-2010
  • Fiji signed the Convention on 2-6-2010
  • Fiji signed the Optional Protocol on 2-6-2010

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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol are serviced by a joint Secretariat, consisting of staff of both the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), based in New York, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. This Enable website is provided by DESA.

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