Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Category: Human Security
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations convention which entered into force in May 2008. The Convention defines the concept of "disability," and contains a non-exhaustive list of rights, including the right to accessibility, the right to liberty and security of person, the right to independent living, the right to personal mobility, and the right to participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport.
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