UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Scotland

Equality Act crest imageAbout the UN Disability Convention

This UN Convention is an international agreement on protecting and promoting disabled people's human rights.

UN Disability Convention - Know Your Rights

Find out more about the UN Disability Convention and watch our animated video

 

 

Online seminars

Using information disabled people told us was important to them we ran online seminars on four themes. Watch online.

Participation events

Find out about our Participation Day in March 2011, which used webcasting technology and our first Disability Convention event in January 2010.  

Human rights in Scotland

Find out more about our human rights work in Scotland.

 

Working with the Scottish Human Rights Commission (SHRC)

In Scotland the Commission works together with the SHRC to promote and raise awareness of the Convention and gether evidence about how the Convention is being implemented.

Monitoring

Find out more about our ongoing work monitoring the implementation of the Convention in Scotland and the UK, including submissions to Government and the UN.