The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a landmark international treaty adopted by the United Nations to promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by persons with disabilities. It marks a major shift from viewing disability through a medical lens to a human rights-based approach, emphasizing dignity, autonomy, inclusion, and accessibility. The CRPD fosters accountability among states to remove barriers and ensure that people with disabilities can participate fully in society on an equal basis with others.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
