Rights of Persons with Disability




International Declarations and Mandates

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- List of Signatory States
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006.

The United Nations Standard Rules for the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities
Adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 20, 1993.

UN Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care
Adopted by General Assembly resolution 46/119 of 17 December 1991.

International Instruments for the defense of the rights of the persons with disability
List of International Agreements, Declarations, and Mandates developed by the Japan Program, IDB.


Regional Declarations and Mandates

Disability: Prevention and Rehabilitation in the Context of the Right to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Physical and Mental Health and Other Related Rights
PAHO 47th Directing Council, Resolution CD47.R1

Declaration on the Decade of the Americas for the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disability (2006-2016)
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly, OAS on June 6, 2006.

The Kingston Accord
Resolutions from the First Caribbean Ministerial Conference on Disability.
Kingston, Jamaica. May 11, 2004.

Declaration of Quito
Americas Regional Seminar on Norms and Standards Related to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Quito, Ecuador. 9-11 April, 2003.

Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
Organization of American States. Guatemala City, Guatemala, 1999.

Panama Commitment to Persons with Disabilities in the American Hemisphere
Resolution adopted by the General Assembly, OAS on June 5, 1996.

Declaration of Managua
Managua, Nicaragua. December 3, 1993.

Declaration of Cartagena de Indias
Intergovernmental Latin American Conference on Integral Politics for Persons of Age and Persons with Disability.
Colombia, 1992.

Intellectual Disability and Mental Health:

The Montreal Declaration on Intellectual Disability (Spanish, PDF 600KB)
PAHO/WHO conference. Montreal, Canada. October 6, 2004.

Recommendation on the Promotion and Pretection of Rights of Persons with Mental Disability
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, OAS

Declaration of Caracas (Spanish)
PAHO/WHO, 1990. Caracas, Venezuela.

WHO technical standards:
Guidelines for the Promotion of Human Rights of Persons with Mental Disorders
The Role of International Human Rights in National Mental Health Legislation


Observers of Human Rights and Disability

Regional Report of the Americas 2004
International Disability Rights Monitor


Further Resources

Further resources in Spanish

Policies towards persons with disabilities in LAC
List developed by the Japan Program, IDB. Last updated in 2004.

Disability and Human Rights
Ask Source

Disability Awareness in Action
The international disability and human rights network

ElectionAccess.org
IFES Global Initiative to Enfranchise People with Disabilities