Human rights and disability law have evolved with significant strides over the last decades. Individuals, advocates, communities, institutions, governments and nations have championed and advanced legal reforms beyond local or national borders. Today, global standards explicitly complement and compel national standards. In 2006, member states of the international community adopted the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRDP), as the first international human rights treaty on disability.
As Canada, the European Union, the US and other nations have signed the CRDP over the last six years, it has become a barometer of disability rights, duties and standards. It reinforces a human rights priority, helps empower advocates to create enabling environments, fosters inclusive policies and programs, and advances new and existing laws. Despite its passage, however, important issues, ignorance, and major legal and policy challenges remain. They stand as barriers to advancing full equality and the fundamental human rights of people with disabilities.
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