Australian Coalition for the Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
A coalition of Australia’s peak human rights and disability advisory and advocacy groups formed in 2007 to promote swift ratification of the new United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by the Australian Government.
The Convention is the first major UN human rights treaty of the 21st century. It sets out fundamental rights for full societal participation for people with a disability, enshrining their rights in modern and effective law.
We congratulate the Federal Government on being among the first to sign the Convention on 30 March 2007 and on its speedy ratification of the Convention, which occured on 18 July 2008.
The Ratification initiative was supported by:
ACT Disability Advisory Council
ACT Disability and Community Services Commissioner
Australian Federation of Disability Organisations
Blind Citizens Australia
Brain Injury Australia
Deaf Australia (formerly Australian Association of the Deaf)
Deafness Forum
Disability Australia Ltd
Disability Council of NSW
Disability Council of Queensland
Disability Resources Centre
Disability Studies and Research Institute
Intellectual Disability Rights Service
Housing Resource and Support Service
Mental Health Council of Australia
National Association of Community Legal Centres
National Association of People Living with HIV/AIDS
National Council on Intellectual Disability
National Disability and Carers Ministerial Advisory Council
National Ethnic Disability Alliance
National Seniors Australia
NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre
People living with HIV/AIDS NSW
People with Disability Australia
Premier’s Disability Advisory Council (Tasmania)
Public Interest Advocacy Centre
Physical Disability Council of Australia
Queensland Advocacy Incorporated
Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission
WA Ministerial Advisory Council on Disability
Women with Disabilities Australia