This report (published February 2022) is a review of the work on the United Nations Convention (‘the Convention’) on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) undertaken within Northern Ireland (NI).  The UNCRPD is a global international human rights treaty setting out the human rights of deaf and disabled people. 

The review was undertaken by Disability Action on behalf of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.  The Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, as part of the Independent Mechanism for Northern Ireland, has contracted research to develop a series of expert papers to set out evidence of any substantive shortfalls of public policies and programme delivery set against the key requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) which the UK Government signed up to in 2009.

You can download the Full Report and Executive Summary below:

Progress Towards the Implementation of the UNCRPD in NI Exec Summary (pdf format)

Progress Towards the Implementation of the UNCRPD in NI Exec Summary (Word document)

Progress Towards the Implementation of the UNCRPD in NI Final Report (pdf format)

Progress Towards the Implementation of the UNCRPD in NI Final Report  (Word document)

Alternative Report on the Implementation of the UNCRPD in NI (pdf format)

Alternative Report on the Implementation of the UNCRPD in NI (Word document)