USICD has created an advocacy toolkit detailing the history of the Convention and addressing key questions about the CRPD.  Advocates can also visit our Convention page and stay connected with USICD's CRPD advocacy efforts through our Facebook, Twitter, and Blog pages.

Advocacy Toolkit 

CRPD Status History

CRPD Frequently Asked Questions

The Convention

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UN Enable is the official site for the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.  Materials on this site include the Convention, updated information on ratification and signatures, and news from the Committee on Persons with Disabilities.

UN Enable Official Site
http://www.un.org/disabilities/
Source: UN Enable

CRPD Handbook
http://www.un.org/disabilities/documents/toolaction/ipuhb.pdf
Source: UN Enable

Easy Read Version of the CRPD
http://odi.dwp.gov.uk/docs/wor/uncon/easy-read-un-convention.pdf
Source: UN Enable

In addition to USICD’s materials, other organizations have compiled helpful toolkits to guide your advocacy of the Convention and help promote its principles in your own community.

General Disability Rights Toolkit
http://www.handicap-international.fr/bibliographie-handicap/
Source: Handicap International

CRPD Teaching Kit
http://www.handicap-international.fr/kit-pedagogique/indexen.html
Source: Handicap International

DPI Ratification and Implementation Toolkits
http://www.icrpd.net/
Source: Disabled Peoples’ International

A Community for All: Implementing Article 19
http://www.soros.org/initiatives/health/focus/mhi/articles_publications/publications/community-for-all-20111202/community-for-all-guide-20111202.pdf
Source: Open Society

CRPD Toolkit for Children http://www.unicef.org/publications/files/Its_About_Ability_final_.pdf
Source: UNICEF

Other resources include reports on CRPD and development, how the CRPD addresses children’s issues, and additional materials to guide your understanding of the Convention.

UNCRPD: a call for action on poverty, discrimination and lack of access
http://www.lcdsouthasia.org/callforaction/welcome.htm
Source: Leonard Cheshire Disability & UN Economic Commission for Africa

Guide to Promoting Children’s Rights Using the CRPD
http://www.crin.org/docs/See_me_hear_final.pdf
Source: Save the Children

Human Rights and Disability Manual (Multiple Contributors)
http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/edumat/hreduseries/TB6/
pdfs/Manuals/final_pdf_default_withcover.pdf
Source: University of Minnesota Human Rights Resource Center

International Sign Language Discussion of the Importance of the CRPD to People who are Deaf http://www.h3.tv/wfd-2011/liisa-kauppinen/
Source: H3.tv - Broadcasting in Sign Language

Report on Inclusive Development and the CRPD
http://hpod.pmhclients.com/pdf/lord-inclusive-development.pdf
Source: International Disability and Development Consortium

Video on CRPD for People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LibzYRqfMR4&feature=player_embedded
Source: Board Resource Center