Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Entered Into Force

Rehab International Press Release; April 3, 2008
Ecuador has ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, raising the total number of ratifications to 20 and thereby triggering the treaty’s entry into force. The CRPD is the first human rights treaty of the 21st century and prohibits discrimination against persons with disabilities in all areas of life, and includes specific provisions related to rehabilitation, habilitation, education, employment, health and access to information, public facilities and services.

Ratify Now CRPD Blog Swarm

Andrea Shettle has assembled the RatifyNow CRPD Blog Swarm in support US (and others') ratification of the UN's Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. She's got posters from ratifying countries like India and New Zealand, as well as from countries yet to ratify. I didn't get a chance to make a post for this--the usual excuses apply. But I can make this quick post pointing readers to the blog swarm, anyway. Go, read!