The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is reviewing the United Kingdom’s (UK) progress in implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – which the UK signed in 2009.
Implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Full report: England and Wales - pdf and word versions
- Full report: Great Britain - pdf and word versions - See also UN website
- Summary: Great Britain - pdf and word versions
- Easy read version
- UNCRPD issues to present to UK Government
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DR UK, with other disability rights groups have submitted shadow reports to the UNCRPD after extensive consultation with disabled people.
They gave evidence, based on the reports, to the UNCRPD in Geneva on Monday 13 March 2017.