Canada and the CRPD
Canada has ratified the CRPD. Ratification means that a country agrees to abide by the standards set in a Convention.
Recent Work
July 4, 2011
Community Expectations: Compliance and Progressive Realization
One of the features which make Canada a great country is our human rights tradition and current framework. Read more.
June 9, 2011
Monitoring of the CRPD
In the Government of Canada’s Explanatory Memorandum on the CRPD they do not specifically name the Canadian Human Rights Commission as the CRPD monitoring body. They did state that the monitoring body would meet the Paris Principles. Read more.
March 29, 2011
Timeline of Major Milestones in International Disability Policy
A chronology of actions at the UN on disability issues. Read more.
More on Canada and the CRPD
March 29, 2011
Disability Community Priorities and Expectations
March 29, 2011
The Road to the UN Convention
March 16, 2011
P/T Ministers Consider Human Rights in the Context of Disability
March 14, 2011
Speaking Notes for International Women's Day
March 14, 2011
A Call to Action: UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
March 14, 2011
Implementing the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon, far left, observes as U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from left, meets members of the Canadian delegation including Steven Estey, center, with the Council of Canadians with Disabilities; Traci Walters, second from right, with Independent Living Canada; and the Canadian Association for Community Living President Bendina Miller, far right, at the United Nations in New York, Thursday March 11, 2010. Canada ratified the U.N. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a historic first international treaty that comprehensively recognizes the rights of persons with disabilities. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)