UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
This convention can be accessed directly in the United Nations website: http://templatelab.com/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/
It is the main instrument for providing basic human rights to the world’s disabled peoples, who number about 15% of the global population. While the UN Convention is an international instrument, its success in making a difference in the lives of a billion people rests with its implementation taking place at the national (country) level.
A Handbook on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, July 2010
The purpose of this manual is to explain the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the context of other core human rights treaties to strengthen its place in the mainstream of human rights discourse. http://www.internationaldisabilityalliance.org/UnderstandingtheCRPDHandbook
CRPD
- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): The Convention in Brief
- Frequently Asked Questions regarding the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
- Conference of States Parties to the CRPD
SDGs
- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Disability
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- DESA DSPD Forum on Disability and Development
CRPD FAQ information sheets
We have produced FAQ sheets for the CRPD and each of the Articles so that members can better understand this international treaty. These are available as Word documents below:
WBU Human Rights Report and WBU Report on Disability-Inclusive Disaster Management are available here:
- WBU Human Rights Report – Nov 2014
- WBU Human Rights Report – Nov 2014 (word)
- WBU Humanitarian Crises Report – Nov 2014 (pdf)
- WBU Humanitarian Crises Report – Nov 2014 (word)
Committee Reports/Updates and Resource Documents
- RGWG Fund Development Conference notes Day 1 notes from February seminar held in London for fund development staff of blindness organizations
- RGWG Fund Development Conference notes Day 2 notes from February seminar for fund development staff of organizations that serve the blind, or of the blind.
- World-Blind-Union-key-concerns-for-April-2013-WIPO-informals-final what the treaty needs in order to be effective and useful for visually impaired people and organizations worldwide
- ECOSOC-Technology-WBU submission to the UN committee recommending accessible technology in future development programs.
- Ageing and visual impairment Report -May 2011 from the Elderly Persons Network
- Status of the White Cane from Mobility and Transport committee
- Blindness, Poverty, and Development from the Development committee
- Universal Design from Mobility and Transport committee
- WBU Submission to CRPD Committee re Article 9 from Human Rights and Advocacy
- WBU PowerPoint Guidelines from the Technology Working group
- Status of Quiet Cars report April 2012 from the Mobility and Transport committee
- Right to Read Campaign Fall 2011 update from Right to Read committee
- SCCR 23-7 WBU and EDA position on the print disability text 15 March 2012 from the R2R committee
Publications from other groups:
- UN HR study of work of persons w disabilities
- WBU Human Rights Report – Nov 2014
- Beijing Declaration 2012 June 8
- What To Do when You Meet a Sighted Person
- Equal rights citizenship – Pedro Zurita