More than one billion. That’s how many people live with a disability around the world. One in six of us. When we factor in family members, friends, neighbors, and colleagues, we come to realize that ...

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (A/RES/61/106) was adopted on 13 December 2006 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, and was opened for ...

Everyone has the right to be safe and free from discrimination. Learn about disability discrimination and what action you can ...

The care system bill submitted to lawmakers by the government of Mexico City fails to guarantee autonomy, equality, and protection from abuse for people with disabilities and older people.

Despite international recognition of the human rights of persons with disabilities, they still suffer widespread discrimination. The Commissioner’s approach advocates a shift towards rights-based, ...

The City Hall led by Mayor Rocío Adame Muñoz of Rosarito hosted the conference “Human Rights for Persons with Disabilities” through the Disability Commission of Playas de Rosarito for cabinet members ...

Standards bodies, access to information technology, and human rights / Judy Brewer -- Accessible ICTs and the opening of political space for persons with disabilities / Janet E. Lord -- Web ...

Under the guise of reducing homelessness, President Donald Trump’s recent executive order, “Ending Crime and Disorder on ...

UN experts, including the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, on Tuesday cautioned that a pending amendment to Peru's General Law on Persons with Disabilities risks ...

Advocates and families of people with disabilities renewed their push this week for increased state funding for a backlogged program that is relied upon by thousands, and has an even greater number of ...

Immigrants detained at California's largest immigration detention center have filed a lawsuit against the Trump ...