International Day of Persons with Disabilities -useful resources

The 3rd December was International Day of Persons with Disabilities


a keylegal instrument is the

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006)

 

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention by the States Parties.This has reports and status

Links to official documents can be found by UNBISNet


· General Assembly Documents

· General Assembly Resolutions

· Economic & Social Council Documents

· Secretary-General’s Reports

For information on the lives of disabled people in the UK
See the recent report by the Equality and Human Rights Commission which found the disabled were still second class citizens
The Office for Disability Issues has news, policy papers and documents

The Office for National Statistics has a variety of publications and bulletins on disability. These include data on the number and range of disabilities experienced. The Papworth Trust produced a good quality fact pack about disabled people in the Uk in 2016