This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the landmark treaty ...

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 ...

Bermuda has become the first British Overseas Territory to which the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is extended by the British Government, it was announced yesterday. A ...

A grading report from the United Nations will be issued to show how well Bermuda protects residents with different abilities, the Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors revealed yesterday.

MINSK, 20 March (BelTA) - The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is changing society's view on these people, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Sanaka ...

This development follows a long-standing dispute between the UK and the UN. In 2016, after an inquiry initiated by Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC), the UK was found to be responsible for “grave ...

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 ...

DODOMA:THE government has reiterated its commitment to ensuring persons with disabilities are fully involved in national ...

As a young woman from Colombia with an intellectual disability, I am honored to represent the voice of those often marginalized. As part of the Marca Bristo Fellowship of Human Rights Watch, I had the ...

The revised Persons with Disabilities bill, 2026 has been submitted to cabinet for its review, Mr Edwin Kweku Andoh, Executive Secretary of ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk informed attendees of the 58th session of the Human Rights Council on Monday of the continuous accessibility barriers that people with disabilities ...