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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The Disability Convention is the overarching human rights document for disabled people. It reaffirms that all people with all types of disabilities must enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The New Zealand Government showed its commitment by ratifying it in 2008.

 


We also have the following articles from the convention explained in plain English . See below



Article 5 Equality and non-discrimination -   Word Doc 24kB Article 9 Accessibility -   Word Doc 27kB Articles 10,11 Right to life -   Word Doc 26kB Article12 Equal recognition before the law -   Word Doc 27kB Article13 Access to justice -   Word Doc 25kB Article 14,15 Liberty and freedom from inhuman treatment -   Word Doc 17kB
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