Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities

Latest Developments


  • 143 signatories to the Convention
  • 87 signatories to the Optional Protocol
  • 75 ratifications of the Convention
  • 48 ratifications of the Optional Protocol

  • Bolivia ratified the Convention on 16-11-2009
  • Bolivia acceded to the Optional Protocol on 16-11-2009
  • United Republic of Tanzania acceded to the Optional Protocol on 10-11-2009
  • United Republic of Tanzania ratified the Convention on 10-11-2009

The Millennium Development Goals and Disability

Second session of the Conference of States Parties, 2-4 September 2009

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, second session, 19-23 October 2009 

Enable Newsletter, November 2009

NGOs working on disability issues

Events

Front cover of Handbook for Parliamentarians Handbook for Parliamentarians on the Convention  (PDF)