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Disability Rights Triumph!

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.

 

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Convention Entered into Force!!

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.  Click the button below for more detailed information.

Find out about the 7th Session of the Ad Hoc Committee!

Click the buttons below to view the DPI Convention Ratification and Implementation Toolkits respectively.

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HIGHLIGHT - International Day of Disabled Persons (IDDP) 2006

Click on the button below to read the IDDP 2007 statement from the UN.

UN Programme on Disability

Click here to read how IDDP 2007 can be observed.

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