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Policies & frameworks
There are a number of regional and international frameworks and conventions that safeguard the rights of people with disabilities in both developed and developing nations. In the Asia Pacific region, the Biwako Millennium Framework for Action, as well as the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities, which recently came into force, are two key documents.The links below provide information on key international agreements, policies and legislations from countries in the Asia Pacific region as well as disability-related policies and programs from the world's leading donors.
International & regional frameworks
- UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities
- ICRPD ratification toolkit
- Biwako Millennium Framework
- BMF Plus 5
- Overview of International legal frameworks for disability legislation
- Inter-American convention on the elimination of all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities
- Standard rules on the equalisation of opportunities for persons with disabilities
- Vocational rehabilitation and employment (disabled persons) convention
- Vision 2020: the right to sight
- Secretary General's reports on disability
- International day of persons with disabilities
- Make development inclusive: how to include the perspectives of persons with disabilities in the project cycle management guidelines of the EC
- Convention on the Rights of the Child
- International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
- UN - Enable newsletter
- Rights and dignity of persons with disabilities
National policies, laws & practice
- The role and effectiveness of disability legislation in South Africa
- Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) & web accessibility
- State of disabled peoples rights in Kenya
- Review of policy and legislation on disability in Pacific Island countries
- Making "every child count": National policies and programmes to reduce disparities
Donor programs & policies
- Development for all: towards a disability-inclusive Australian aid program 2009-2014
- Disability, development and inclusion in international development cooperation
- Disability and development: a contribution to promoting the interests of persons with disabilities in German development cooperation
- Fifth report on the implementation of USAID disability policy
- Label us able: a pro-active evaluation of Finnish development co-operation from the disability perspective
- Social analysis and disability: a guidance note
- Free and equal: a review of NZAID Pacific regional disability program
- Working on disability in country programmes: how to note
- Technical assistance for identifying disability issues related to poverty reduction