Click here to get a free download in PDF format of our
latest publication entitled "Equal Opportunities for All:
Respecting the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”!
Information about organizations in countries where DPI North
America and the Caribbean is represented will be updated as
it becomes available.
RatifyNow...an
initiative partnered with our United States of America
national assembly, the United States International Council
on Disabilities (USICD).
Click here to read the complete transcript of the US
Disability Rights Convention Strategy Session held on March
31, 2008 held at the American University Washington School
of Law.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities (CRPD) received its 20th
instrument of ratification by Ecuador on April 3,
2008!! The Convention and its Optional
Protocol will enter into force on May 3, 2008.
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buttons below to view the DPI Convention Ratification
and Implementation Toolkits respectively.
HIGHLIGHT:
International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) 2008
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here to read the IDPD 2008 statement from the UN.
Click here
to read about the history of IDPD, how the day may be observed
and past themes since the introduction of the
celebration.