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COSP Background Note on Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodation
As announced by the Chair of the CRPD Bureau, Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico at a briefing he held with States on July...
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COSP Background Note on Equal Recognition Before the Law and Supported Decision-Making
The CRPD adopts a new approach to legal capacity that makes it possible for people with disabilities to exercise their human right to...
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COSP Background Note on Access to Justice
Physical accessibility to and within courts and prisons, and accessibility in communication with participants including sign language interpretation, Braille and large print text,...
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COSP Background Note on Disability and Poverty in Current Economic Crisis
People with disabilities are more frequently and more severely affected by situations of poverty and extreme poverty. They are also one of the...
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Partnership for the Sustainable Development Goals
The platform initially developed in response to Rio+20 has been improved to better respond to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in order...
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Toolkit for Engagement of Organisations of Persons with Disabilities (DPO) in the Voluntary National Review Process
This toolkit has been developed as an exploratory and interactive tool for organizations of persons with disabilities (DPOs) on the monitoring mechanisms of...
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Steps After Ratification
This document seeks to provide a non exhaustive roadmap for national DPOs in their advocacy work to promote the full and effective implementation...
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Influencing the UN Development Assistance Framework Process
Recognizing the UN role to lead by example in disability-inclusive development, the International Disability Alliance (IDA) has prepared this factsheet on “Influencing the...
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The 2030 Agenda - Introductory Toolkit for Persons with Disabilities
Both IDA and IDDC members have been active in the process that shaped the 2030 Agenda
This toolkit presents information about the 2030...
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations...