Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Welcome to our pages on the Disability Convention (the "DisCo").
Text of the Convention
Implementation
National Disability Strategy
In November 2009 the Prime Minister announced the development of a National Disability Strategy through the Council of Australian Governments as a central mechanism for implementation of DisCo in Australia; and an inquiry into a National Disability Insurance Scheme or similar scheme as part of this Strategy..
- National Disability Strategy main page (FAHCSIA site)
- Disability Investment Group report The Way Forward: a new disability policy framework for Australia
- Productivity Commission Inquiry home page
- Commission submission to Productivity Commission inquiry
- National Disability and Carer Alliance NDIS campaign
Resources on implentation
- Australian Human Rights Commission submission on a National Disability Strategy (November 2008)
- Queensland Advocacy Incorporated seminar on implementation (August 2008): presentations by Commissioner Innes and Parliamentary Secretary Bill Shorten and transcripts of all presentations
- QAI Human Rights Indicators resource (MS Word zipped) - copyright QAI Limited
- Issues paper on implementation and monitoring: Commissioner Innes, 2007
- Presentation by Professor Gerard Quinn to NZ Parliament (MS Word), February 2009; see also
- Presentation (PowerPoint, large file) Sydney, February 2009
Reporting
- Draft initial Australian report: comments to crpdreport@ag.gov.au by 6 August 2010 (10 pages max)
- DisCo Reporting guidelines (MS Word)
United Nations pages on the Convention
- Main UN index page for the Convention
- Questions and answers on the Convention
- The Convention in brief
- Some facts on disability
- Handbook for parliamentarians on the Convention
- Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights disability page including
- List of countries ratifying Convention
- Declarations and reservations
Other important United Nations documents
- World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons
- Biwako Millennium Framework and Biwako plus Five (Further efforts towards an inclusive, barrier free and rights based society for persons with disabilities in Asia and the Pacific ): United Nations Economic and Social Council for Aisa and the Pacific
History
See our DisCo History page for archives on the development of the Convention and the history leading up to Australia's ratification of the Convention and Optional Protocol.
Other resources
- UK Equality and Human Rights Commission guide to the Convention
- Information from disabilityrightsnow coalition
- Ratify Now campaign
- Human rights Yes manual
- DPI ratification toolkit
- Landmine survivors network ratification handbook
- Handicap International Training Kit on Convention
- Harvard Project on Disability including We Have human Rights handbook (MS Word doc)