Regional Equality & Diversity Partnership

The UN Convention on Persons with Disabilities

Summary: On 8th June 2009 the government announced ratification of the convention...

On June 8^th 2009 the government announced the UK ratification of the Disability Convention. The Government has been working towards ratification since it signed the Convention in March 2007.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a powerful and explicit statement, which aims to enable the 650 million disabled people in the world to access existing human rights.

All pages in this section:

• The Equality Bill
• The UN Convention on Persons with Disabilities
• Comprehensive Area Assessment
• Stonewall research on religion and belief and sexual orientation
• Minimum wage
• Your rights to fly - step by step guide
• Equality bill takes aim at 'institutional ageism' in NHS
• MPs vote against 'free speech' protection in gay hate law
• European Union ratifies the Convention
• Equality 2025
• Commission raises continued concerns over DNA proposals
• An Anatomy of Economic Inequality in the UK Report of the National Equality Panel Report of the National Equality Panel
• Deaf text users urged to sign up for 999 trial
• Equality Bill timeline
• .Sex discrimination worse in small firms?
• Maria Miller appointed as Minister for Disabled People at Department for Work and Pensions
• George Osborne outlines detail of
• Queen
• Party's Green Paper 'Open Source Planning'.
• Commission calls in evidence on disability-related harassment in Britain
• Coalition government publishes gay policies
• Review on poverty and life chances
• Commission marks first anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• David Cameron promises to allow churches to hold civil partnerships
• New streamlined procedure for obtaining information about potential discrimination and equality of term cases
• Rt Hon Theresa May MP attends Senior Stakeholder Group meeting
• Pickles: Scrapping regional bureaucracies will save millions
• More power to the patient
• Migrant cap just weeks away
• Stevie Wonder Asks for an Accessible World
• Councils and businesses to rebalance local economy
• Chidren's Minister talks about next steps on special educational needs and disabilities
• Government Launches 'Spending Challenge'
• Consultation launched into limiting non - EU Immigration
• Supreme Court says gay people should not have to conceal thier sexuality
• Gay and Lesbian television portrayals criticised
• Government announces pupil premium to help raise achievement of disadvantaged pupils
• BHA: New religious Academies discriminate against children on religious grounds
• Gay activists say government is 'ignoring' calls for same sex-civil marriage
• Default retirement age will be abolished
• Equality Act 2010: What do I need to know?
• Factoring in gender equality can prevent costly errors