The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for ...

December 3rd is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. Approximately 15% of the world’s population, roughly 1.3 billion people, have one or more disabilities. For millions, their disabilities ...

Following Uzbekistan’s ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2021, the country swiftly embarked on devising a plan for its implementation. This ...

This article argues that a new understanding of the indivisibility of human rights has emerged through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD has blurred the ...

Human Rights Watch [1] welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming review of Canada. This ...

We write in advance of the 31st session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) and its review of Ghana.[1] This submission highlights areas of concern that Human ...