Resolution on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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The Global Alliance embeds its work in principles of human rights and has a long history of advocating for the rights of persons with disabilities. We are thus concerned that the United States still has not ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Individuals with disabilities, an unrecognized health disparity population, are the largest minority group in the world.
- 10% of the world’s population live with a disability.
- 80% of people with disabilities live in developing countries.
- About 1 in 5 adults have at least one disability.
- Violence against children with disabilities occurs at annual rates at least 1.7 times greater than for their peers without disabilities.
- Many in areas of conflict suffer with disabilities from physical injuries and psychological trauma.