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All persons with disabilities face discrimination and barriers that restrict them from participating in society on an equal basis with others every day. They are commonly denied their rights, including entry to the general school system and the workplace, living independently in the community, voting, or participating in sport and cultural activities. They are often held back from accessing social protection or justice, choosing medical treatment or entering freely into legal commitments.
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Our work
UN Human Rights has a mandate to ensure the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations system. We focus on providing guidance on the human rights-based approach to disability, including through reports and activities mandated by the Human Rights Council, and in particular, the annual panel on the rights of persons with disabilities.
We also work with rights holders and duty bearers via our country presences, the UN Country Teams and UN Peace Operations to improve the level of respect for the rights of persons with disabilities and their inclusion in society and UN efforts.
Current focus
Who else is involved
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
The Special Rapporteur is an independent expert mandated by the Human Rights Council to strengthen efforts to recognize, promote, implement and monitor the rights of persons with disabilities, in line with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the broader human rights framework.
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
The Committee is the body of independent experts that monitors implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the States parties. The Optional Protocol to the Convention gives the Committee competence to examine individual complaints with regard to alleged violations of the Convention by States parties to the Protocol.
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