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 ...

December 3 marked the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, a day where we mobilize support for the dignity, rights and well-being of persons with disabilities. To mark the occasion, we're ...

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 ...

2 December 2024 - On 3 December, we celebrate the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) under the theme, "Amplifying the Leadership of Persons with Disabilities for an Inclusive and ...

Nothing brought Olivia more joy than when her daughter and grandchild visited her group home in Brooklyn in the early 2000s. Each hug and shared laugh lit up her face with pride like any mother’s, ...

Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming public session on the situation of ...

Assistant Foreign Minister for Human Rights Sheikha Jawaher Ibrahim Duaij Al-Sabah affirmed on Tuesday Kuwait's commitment to Arab and international human rights conventions on promoting rights of ...