Disability Convention

About the Convention

Learn about the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how New Zealand has been involved.

• Audio version - The Convention
• New Zealander on the UNCRPD

Implementing the Convention

Learn about the process for reporting on the Convention and what New Zealand has done to date.

• Response to recommendations from second UNCRPD examination
• Second review of New Zealand's implementation
• First review of New Zealand's implementation
• New Zealand's first report on implementation

Framework to promote, protect and monitor implementation of the Convention

Learn about New Zealand's arrangement to promote, protect and monitor implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• Notice of independent monitoring mechanism
• Monitoring reports and responses
• Reports on reviews of disabled people-led monitoring

Optional protocol

This section has information on the Optional Protocol to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. This includes when New Zealand agreed to it, what it means for disabled people and how the complaints process works.

• Read the Optional Protocol

Response to recommendations from second UNCRPD examination

Learn about the New Zealand Government's agreement to an overall Government response to implement 51 out of 60 Concluding Observations that came from New Zealand’s last examination by the UN committee on its implementation of the UNCRPD.