The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) were adopted by the international community on 13 December 2006 and opened for signature on 30 March 2007. The Convention entered into force on 3 May 2008, and by November 2020, it had been signed by 180 countries. As part of their pledge to promote disability-inclusive policies and practices, signatories to the Convention are required to harmonize their national legislation, policies and programmes with the norms and standards set out in the Convention.[1]

[1] https://www.un.org/development/desa/disabilities/convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities/the-10th-anniversary-of-the-adoption-of-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-crpd-crpd-10.html.