UNCRPD India
India ratified UNCRPD on the 1st of October, 2007. India was the 7th country in the world and the first significant country to do so. The ratification of UNCRPD was a direct result of the advocacy by NCPEDP and Disabled Rights Group (DRG).
UNCRPD is an international instrument that provides persons with disabilities the same human rights that everyone else enjoys. It marks a radical shift in defining and understanding disability - it moves from a medical/social perspective to a human-rights based approach.
However, UNCRPD is just a paper if it is not implemented. Disabled people have to play an active role in the implementation and monitoring of UNCRPD.
NCPEDP has therefore launched an advocacy initiative for speedy implementation of UNCRPD in India.
650 million people, roughly 10 per cent of the world's population, live with a disability, according to the United Nations. In India alone, there are roughly 100 million people with disabilities, which is almost 1/6th of population of disabled people in the world.
UNCRPD Text
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UNCRPD in Indian Languages
The Path to Ratification (slideshow)
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News, from DNIS Volume 9, Issue 9
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- Getting C.R.P.D. to the national disability movements: The 'T.o.T.A.L.' approach
- "The identity as a man or woman is denied to a person with disability": Arun Chadha
- Winners of 3rd N.C.P.E.D.P. - MphasiS Universal Design Awards 2012 announced
- I.I.T. alleges certifying hospital not competent, Delhi High Court asks for proof
- Person with disability tops Maharashtra Public Service exam
- Presidential candidate makes derogatory remarks on disability
- Disability pension not for injuries off-duty, says Supreme Court
- Still no special educators in Delhi municipal schools
- U.N. comes out with report to strengthen treaty body system
- D.U. and J.N.U. get M.S.J.E. funds to make their campus disabled-friendly
- London Games to be the 'most disabled-friendly', claims U.K.
- Delhi courts to fast track pending cases involving disabled and elderly people
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