Useful Resources

We have human righs (PDF) (HTML). This publication was produced by Harvard Project on Disability. Click here to vist the Harvard Project web site.

Question and Answers from the Committe on the Optional Protocol (word document)

Question and Answers on the Convention (word document)

Plain English (words and pictures) version of UN Convention (pdf document)

Easy English (words only) version of UN Convention

Backgound information of the UN Convention (word document)

UN Convention fact sheet (word document)

Child-Friendly Text of UN Convention (word document)

Disabled Persons International Implementation Tool Kit (word document)

Disabled Persons International Ratification Tool Kit (word document)

Inter-Parliamentary Union Handbook for Parliamentarians on the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol
(pdf document)

The disability rights and policies unit of Handicap International has released a new tool for the promotion of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. This tool is a “teaching kit” both in French and English which contains all required documents to stage a training session in connection with the Convention. You can find and download this “teaching kit” at the following addresses:
French - www.handicap-international.fr/kit-pedagogique/indexfr.html
English- www.handicap-international.fr/kit-pedagogique/indexen.html