The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations human rights treaty, adopted by the General Assembly, which sets out the rights of people with disabilities and the obligations of states to promote and protect them. It marked a shift from treating disabled people as objects of charity and medical care to recognising them as rights holders, in line with what is called the social model of disability. It covers areas including accessibility, education, work, health and equal recognition before the law. It came into force in 2008, and has been ratified by the great majority of states. A committee of independent experts monitors its application.
Before and after
- 14 November 2006Creation of PowerShell
- December 2006The Yangtze river dolphin is declared functionally extinct
- 10 December 2006Release of Wikivoyage
- 11 December 2006Mexican drug war
- 13 December 2006Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- from 20 December 2006 to 30 January 2009War in Somalia
- 21 December 2006Founding of University of Pula
- 26 December 2006Death of Gerald Ford
- 30 December 2006Death of Saddam Hussein
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