A monthly newsletter from the Secretariat for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with updated information and publications on the work of the UN system on disability issues.

The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights sets out obligations for signatory state parties relating to the rights of citizens to fair employment, access to education, adequate standards of living, health, and to social and cultural rights.

This manual is based on the European Commission's project cycle management guidelines and was developed to support the inclusion of people with disabilities throughout the project management cycle; from programming through to evaluation.

This site provides links to a reports originating from the United Nations Secretary General on issues related to people with disabilities.

In May 2006, the World Health Assembly adopted Resolution WHA 59.25, 'Prevention of avoidable blindness and visual impairment'. This Vision 2020 document highlights the main issues and developments and lays out a clear agenda for the next phase of implementation.

Developed in 1983 and coming into force in 1985, this Convention set forth an international agreement on State obligations for the vocational rehabilitation and adequate employment for people with disabilities.

In 1993 the United Nations General Assembly passed the Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities which set international standards towards the achievement of the rights of people with disabilities.

This site provides information on the text and signatories of the multilateral treaty which aims to eliminate discrimination again people with disabilities in the Americas.

This site provides a compelling overview of the need for domestic and international disability related legislation. It describes the role that disability legislation can play in ensuring people with disabilities are not denied rights.

The framework adopted at the High-Level Intergovernmental Meeting on the Midpoint Review of the Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons, 2003-2012, held in Bangkok, Thailand on September 2007.

This regional framework for action covers the period 2003-2012, and sets out a rights-based approach to achieving seven priority areas for action to progress rights and address the significant poverty faced by people with disability in Asia Pacific.

The ratification toolkit is a step by step guide for use by organisations of people with disabilities and other stakeholders intending to advocate on their behalf for the ratification and implementation of the UN Convention on the rights of people with disabilities (UNCRPD).

This World Bank publication is a comprehensive overview of the international polices and practices regarding disability and development. It identifies significant international, regional and national development organisations with a brief outline of their key policies and practices.

The Convention of the Rights of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) provides strong guidance for nation states on how to better achieve the rights of people with disabilities and once implemented there is a role for states and others actors, to monitor the implementation of it. This document is a guide to those involved in monitoring of the UNCRPD.

An international human rights treaty providing for the rights of people with disability which came into force on 3 May 2008, and to which Australia is a party.

The Convention on the Rights of the Child, promulgated in 1989 is the first legally binding international instrument to incorporate the full range of human rights-civil, cultural, economic, political and social rights to protect the rights of people under the age of 18.