Human rights
UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The first human rights treaty of the 21st century — a human rights instrument with an explicit, social development dimension.
Advocacy
Human rights and inclusive development
Disabled Peoples’ International is lobbying and fighting for a change in politics — for the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, for our human rights.
Areas of work
Putting the Convention into action
United Nations
Conference of States Parties (COSP 11)
11th session, 12 to 14 June 2018: leaving no one behind through the full implementation of the CRPD.
Development
Sustainable Development Goals
Full and equal participation of persons with disabilities in the post-2015 development agenda.
Positions
Position papers
DPI positions on ageing, bioethics, the Convention and international development.
From the Cairo Declaration, 2016
We call upon all United Nation agencies to apply inclusion in their programs, and to consider persons with disabilities as major participants in the development of their programs with a strategy based on our philosophy and practice “nothing for us without us”.
The Cairo Declaration, 9th DPI World Assembly, 2016
Read the Cairo DeclarationStatements & editorials
Women and girls, peace and inclusion
Editorial
International Women’s Day 2018 — The Way Forward: Inclusion of women and girls with disabilities
Disabled Peoples’ International is lobbying and fighting for a change in politics: implement the CRPD and the 2030 Agenda!
Editorial
We Want Dialogue, Not War!
Dialogue is the solution, not the war. DPI reiterates that the best way to protect human rights is to negotiate and talk with all stakeholders, not to make guns talk.
Statement
Enough is enough!
Ahead of the World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul, DPI calls on world leaders to assume their global responsibility to meet the challenges facing humanity.