This group is for discussion and sharing of information, thoughts, opinions and feelings about the proposed United Nations Convention on the Rights and Dignity of Disabled Persons.

People with Disabilities in Australia have the same human rights as all other people. An International Disability Rights Convention is currently being developed by the United Nations to ensure that human rights of people with disabilities are not abused. This convention is a way of ensuring that those who are most likely to have their human rights abused and neglected are covered specifically in International Human Rights Treaties.

People with disabilities from all over the world are having input into what is in the proposed convention, through the non-government organisations that are assisting in the conventions development. This group is one way that you can find out more about what is happening, as well as having input as an Australian person with a disability into what should be in the convention.