Extra Agreement under the International Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People
This Easy Read document is about an extra agreement that goes with the Internation Agreement on the Rights of Disabled People (This is also called the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with DIsabilites / UNCRPD)
This agreement lets countries who have agreed to the UNCRPD be checked by a special group called a committee if they treat disabled people unfairly.
This document tells you about things like:
- making a complaint when a country treats disabled people unfairly
- what the committee can do
- countries telling the UN what they are doing for disabled people.
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This Easy Read document was written by:
Department for Work and Pensions UK
What is Easy Read?
Easy Read uses easy to understand words and pictures to make information accessible for people with learning disability. The Make it Easy team at People First New Zealand works with a range of organisations to translate information into Easy Read. You can find out more about Easy Read on the Make it Easy website.