The CRPD protects a wide range of human rights for people with
disabilities, such as the right to freedom from abuse and torture, the
right to accessible education, information, transportation, and other
public services, the right to live in the community not an institution,
etc.
The Optional Protocol is meant to give the CRPD more "teeth." Suppose you
feel your human rights have been violated under the CRPD ... and you have
already pursued all the means of justice available to you in your own
country under your country's laws ... and none of these lead to any kind
of redress for the injustice done to you. If your country has ratified
not only the CRPD but also the Optional Protocol, then as a last resort
you would have the right to approach the Commitee on the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities for them to investigate the situation in your country.
It's an added level of monitoring/oversight.
More info on both the CRPD and the Optional Protocol at
http://www.un.org/disabilities
Andrea Shettle, MSW
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> What exactly is the difference between UN convention on Rights of Persons
> with Disabilities and its optional protocols beyond the obvious or even
> obvious ?
> Thanks
> Vandana
>
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