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Harmonizing Laws With The UNCRPD

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Harmonizing Laws With The UNCRPD

The United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), , the first Human Rights Treaty of the twenty first century that became operative in May 2008, breathes recognition into the rights of about 70 million persons with disabilities in India.

Since India has ratified this convention it is now under an obligation under Article 4.1 to;

(a) To adopt all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures for the implementation of the rights recognized in the present Convention;

(b) To take all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices that constitute discrimination .

A Report on Harmonizing India’s laws with UNCRPD

A Report on Harmonizing India’s laws with UNCRPD

India ratified the UN convention on the Rights of Person with Disabilities (UN CRPD) in September 2007, and the convention subsequently came into force in May 2008. This convention required that India make a number of changes to its laws, policies, regulations, notifications, programs, and schemes. As a part of this process of bringing the legal instruments of India into compliance with the UN CRPD, the Indian government was required to consult with disabled people and their organizations on how best to fulfill the CRPD mandates. HRLN participated in this process along with a number of other NGOs, and together a series of recommendations were made to the government. Some of these recommendations involved expanding existing disability-specific .