8th Session of the Ad Hoc Committee for the Drafting of the Disability Convention

Summary: The 8th Session of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, should finalise the text of the Convention, to be submitted to the General Assembly for its adoption at its 61st session.

Information about 8th meeting:

CRIN news:

CRINMAIL 711: Special Edition on the Drafting of a Disability Convention
CRINMAIL 747: Special Edition on the 7th session of the Ad Hoc Committee on the Drafting of a Disability Convention
News updates on disability issues and the drafting of the Convention

pdf: www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc8.htm

Organisation:

UN Enable, Division for Social Policy and Development, Focal Point on Disability

Link :

http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc8.htm

Countries

United States

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