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 ...

During the 2008 presidential campaign, Barack Obama promised to make the United States "a signatory to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities” and said he would "urge the U.S.

In July 2009, we rated President Barack Obama's campaign pledge to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as a Promise Kept. Susan Rice, Obama's ambassador to the United ...

Turkey has yet to sign the additional protocols, which allow individuals and groups to apply to the UN Disability Rights Committee if all domestic legal possibilities have been exhausted. What is ...

The final regional consultation on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) wrapped up today in Buka.

The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the Database Center for North Korean Human Rights (NKDB) welcome 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 ...

The Human Rights Commission has welcomed the island’s adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, it also advised that more must be done to stamp out ...

MINSK, 25 September (BelTA) – Belarus will sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities soon, UN Resident Coordinator/UNDP Resident Representative in Belarus Sanaka Samarasinha ...

Israel did not take part in hearings last month on the issue, said the committee, whose work is based on a convention on people with disabilities agreed by 193 countries around the world – making it ...

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.