Thursday March 30 2017 08:28 AM

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) is the human rights convention concerning persons with disabilities. It is a list of rights guaranteed to persons with disabilities to improve their access to society, education and employment.

Ireland remains the only country in the EU that has failed to ratify the UNCRPD after the Netherlands and Finland ratified it last year.

Disability rights activist Joanne O'Riordan - along with over 100 disability organisations - is planning a public demonstration in Dublin on Thursday, 30th March to highlight the 10-year anniversary of Ireland's failure to ratify the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).

The demonstration will be taking place outside Dáil Éireann, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 at 11.00am.

To join the conversation use the hashtags #makeequalitythepolicy and #RatifyCRPD

Further information 

Disability Rights Protest 

What is the UNCRPD?

First published 21 March 2017