Resource Type: UN Resources
Inclusion Topics: Accessibility, Awareness Raising, Employment and Standard of Living, Equality and Non-discrimination, Freedom of Expression, Habilitation and Rehabilitation, Health and Education, Integrity, Liberty of Mobility and Nationality, International Cooperation, Justice and Freedom from Abuse, Monitoring, Participation in Cultural Recreation, Participation in Political and Public Life, Respect of Home and Family, Right to life and Security and Humanitarian Emergencies, Social Protection, Stats and Data Collection, Women and Children with disabilities
Member States: Regional
Table of contents:
Introducing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
This module introduces the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The CRPD requires a shift from traditional ways of looking at disability as individual impairment to a focus on State obligations to creating enabling environments that promote inclusiveness and accommodate all human beings in their diversity.
The overview provides information on the objectives, the target audience, the module content, learning outcomes and the module map.