Table of contents: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Preamble Article 1 Purpose Article 2 Definitions Article 3 General principles Article 4 General obligations Article 5 Equality and non-discrimination Article 6 Women with disabilities Article 7 Children with disabilities Article 8 Awareness-raising Article 9 Accessibility Article 10 Right to life Article 11 Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies Article 12 Equal recognition before the law Article 13 Access to justice Article 14 Liberty and security of person Article 15 Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment Article 16 Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse Article 17 Protecting the integrity of the person Article 18 Liberty of movement and nationality Article 19 Living independently and being included in the community Article 20 Personal mobility Article 4 Article 21 Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information Article 22 Respect for privacy Article 23 Respect for home and the family Article 24 Education Article 25 Health Article 26 Habilitation and rehabilitation Article 27 Work and employment Article 28 Adequate standard of living and social protection Article 29 Participation in political and public life Article 30 Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport Article 31 Statistics and data collection Article 32 International cooperation Article 33 National implementation and monitoring Article 34 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 35 Reports by States Parties Article 36 Consideration of reports Article 37 Cooperation between States Parties and the Committee Article 38 Relationship of the Committee with other bodies Article 39 Report of the Committee Article 40 Conference of States Parties Article 41 Depositary Article 42 Signature Article 43 Consent to be bound Article 44 Regional integration organizations Article 45 Entry into force Article 46 Reservations Article 47 Amendments Article 48 Denunciation Article 49 Accessible format Article 50 Authentic texts OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES Article 41 Depositary The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary of the present Convention. Book traversal links for Article 41 Depositary ‹ Article 40 Conference of States Parties Up Article 42 Signature ›