UN System

Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA)

The Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the DESA, serves as a focal point on disability issues within the United Nations system.

UNESCO

• A Guide for ensuring inclusion and equity in education
• Delivering together for inclusive development: digital access to information and knowledge for persons with disabilities

International Instruments

• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)
  • Optional Protocol
  • The Convention’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993)
• World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982)
• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)

COVID-19 and people with disabilities

• Policy Brief: A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
• A Disability-Inclusive Response to COVID-19
• ITU Guidelines on how to ensure that digital information, services and products are accessible by all people, including Persons with Disabilities during COVID-19
• COVID-19 and its human rights dimensions
• COVID-19 and the UN System