Congressional Digest

International Debates Archives February 2013 No. 2 Vol. 11
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Summary

International Disability Protections

Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Summary

Major Provisions of the CRPD

Don MacKay, chairman of the committee that negotiated the treaty, stated: “What the convention endeavors to do is to elaborate in detail the rights of persons with disabilities and set out a code of implementation.” Countries that join in the convention engage themselves to develop and carry out policies, laws, and administrative measures for securing the rights recognized in the convention and abolish laws, regulations, customs, and practices that constitute discrimination (Article 4). As a change of perceptions is essential to improve the situation of persons with disabilities, ratifying countries are to combat stereotypes and prejudices and promote awareness of…

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