International
Funding opportunities for Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities events
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Australia's 2013 appearance at the UN Disability Convention (September 2013)
- Click here to see the past work we have done with the Disability Convention.
See also:
United Nations
See also our page on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975)
- Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (1971)
- Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness (1991)
- Enable: UN homepage for people with disability
- UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights: disability page
- Committee on Economic Social and Cultural Rights: General Comment on Disability (1995)
- World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons (1982)
- UN Standard Rules for the Equalisation of Opportunites for People with Disabilities
- Proposed supplement to standard rules (2002)
International
United Kingdom
- UK Equality and Human Rights Commission including:
United States
- US Access Board
- US Department of Justice: Guide to Disability Rights Laws
- Americans with Disabilities Act home page
- US Federal Communications Commission: Disability Rights Office
- Disability Rights Education and Defence Fund (DREDF)
- National Organisation on Disability
- buyaccessible.gov - Accessible procurement resources site from US General Services Administration
- Guide to Home Remodelling for Disability and Special Needs : Expertise.com
Canada
- Canadian Human Rights Commission
- Employment and Social Development Canada: disability homepage
- Council of Canadians with Disabilities
- Abilities magazine
Europe
Asia-pacific
- The UN Millennium Development Goals
- UNESCAP (United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific) Disability Programme homepage
General
- Independent Living Institute
- GLADNET (Global Applied Disability Research and Information Network on Employment and Training)
- Disabled Peoples International