What is the content of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?
The Convention sets out the human rights of persons with disabilities and the obligations on States to promote, protect and ensure those rights as well as mechanisms to support implementation and monitoring. The content can be broken down in the following way: • Preamble – gives general context to the Convention and identifies important background issues • Purpose – sets out the goal of the Convention which is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity • Definitions – define key terms in the Convention, namely: communication, language, discrimination on the basis of disability, reasonable accommodation and universal design. • General principles – identify the standards or imperatives that apply to the enjoyment of all rights in the Convention, such as the principle of non-discrimination and the principle of equality • Obligations – clarify th
