Rights of persons with disabilities

It was opened for signature on 30 March 2007. The UK Government signed the Convention on 30 March 2007, and ratified it on the 8 June 2009 with reservations and interpretive declarations in respect of:

• Work and Employment (Convention Article 27 mainly);
• Education (Convention Article 24 Clause 2 (a) and 2 (b));
• Equal Recognition Before the Law (Convention Article 12.4); and
• Liberty of Movement.

The Optional Protocol was signed on the 26 February 2009, and ratified on the 7 August 2009.

For further information please download the factsheet below.

Reporting on the implementation of the Convention

In accordance with the terms of the Convention, the UK Government as the recognised state party has to produce and submit a report to the UN Convention Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for scrutiny by July 2011. The report must set out how the UK Government has been implementing the Convention. Based on the Committee’s assessment of the report, ‘Concluding Observations’ will be made for the UK Government to consider and act upon.

The Welsh Assembly Government are currently taking forward arrangements to capture evidence to develop a welsh contribution to inform the UK.

Below is the first draft contribution that the Welsh Assembly Government has submitted as evidence for the report.