Convention

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Posted January 12, 2023

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) is a milestone document in the history of human rights. The Declaration was proclaimed as a common standard of achievements for all peoples and all nations and it sets out, for the first time, fundamental human rights to be universally protected.  It paved the way for, the adoption of over seventy human rights treaties around the world, and it has been translated into over 500 languages.

United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol 2008

Posted September 6, 2013

The Convention follows decades of work by the United Nations to change attitudes and approaches to persons with disabilities. It takes to a new height the movement from viewing persons with disabilities as “objects” of charity, medical treatment and social protection towards viewing persons with disabilities as “subjects” with rights, who are capable of claiming … Continued