Persons Living with Disabilities • 18% of the world population lives with disabilities, including those related to aging Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006 Universal framework for the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities 8th Universal Convention on on disability, presented on 21 September 2018, seeks to comply with the right to equal recognition as a person before the law of all persons with light of the international debate on the obligations arising for the States Parties from the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The Convention was adopted by the General Assembly in December It requires countries to identify and eliminate obstacles and barriers and ensure that persons with disabilities can access their environment Human Rights Theory and Comparative International Law Scholarship, Christopher McCrudden. She also coordinated the involvement of Maastricht University in the FP7 European Research Agendas expanding Disability Equality project and the Marie Curie Initial Training Network. Original Editor - Karen Wilson as part of the Wheelchair Service Provision Content Development Project. Top Contributors - Naomi O'Reilly, Karen Wilson and Kim Jackson. The United National Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability (UNCRPD) The Convention is the key international human rights instrument exclusively devoted to persons with disabilities and the. From Invisible Citizens to Agents of Change: A Short History of the Struggle for the Recognition of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities at the United Nations. Professional trainer for the convention on the rights of persons with disability. • Participant Member of Islamic World Disability Council. • How Saudi Arabia and some Arab countries disability regulations comply with international convention on rights of persons with disability, (a critical with the international human rights system. The Convention challenges customs and behaviour based on stereotypes, prejudices, harmful practices and stigma relating to persons with disabilities, and It is also helpful as a general information resource on the Convention and its Optional Protocol. The Convention guarantees persons with disabilities inter alia the right to: an independent and autonomous life. The Federal Office for Disability Equality (FODE) is responsible for Switzerland's country reports on the implementation of its obligations under the Convention on the Rights of The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international agreement to protect the rights and freedom of people with disabilities. The Convention was based on international human rights laws that were created after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was ratified. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has been ratified by the Dail. Disability groups and campaigners were in the gallery of the house to witness the ratification. A document will now be sent to the United Nations in New York, where it will be formally ratified. Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF). Non-profit organisation. · Conversations on governance and design must include persons with disabi