UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: a Call for Action on Poverty, Lack of Access and Discrimination

Organised by: UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) and Leonard Cheshire Disability (LCD)

19–22 May 2008
United Nations Conference Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Latest news:

• The conference report (PDF version) is now available to be downloaded here. To access the online version, please click here.

• Three international peer-reviewed journals have published special editions dedicated to papers given at the UNECA/LCD Conference held in Addis Ababa in May 2008. Fourteen papers were selected from the many excellent presentations given at the Conference. Please click here for more details.