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Photo: © UNICEF/NYHQ2012-1940/Marco Dormino. Haiti, 2012: Two-year-old Diasline Joseph, seated
in a wheelchair, laughs while playing with a caretaker at New Life Centre, a residential care facility in
Port-au-Prince, the capital. Her mother died when Diasline was 16 months old, after which her father
waived his custodial rights of her and left her at the centre; he has never visited her since.
U.S. NGO AND CIVIL SOCIETY STATEMENT OF SUPPORT FOR THE
CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD)
We welcome the re-introduction of the
disability treaty, the Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
This treaty has bipartisan support within the
Senate, with Republican support from
Senators Barrasso (WY), McCain (AZ),
Ayotte (NH), and Kirk (IL) and Democratic
support from Senators Menendez (NJ),
Harkin (IA), and Durbin (IL).
With 138 ratifications around the world, the
CRPD is making a real impact on the lives of
over 1 billion people with disabilities. Over
80% of the world’s disability population
lives in the developing nations where
InterAction member organizations work.
The disability treaty is an important tool in
order for these countries to enact their own
disability rights legislation and policies to
ensure the equality and inclusion of all
people with disabilities.
It is essential that the U.S. ratifies the CRPD
in order to maintain our leadership on
disability issues and to contribute to critical
policy and legislative developments aimed
at eroding disability discrimination
throughout the world.
Our mission is to achieve a peaceful, just
and prosperous world of nations with
inclusive and sustainable societies. We work
to eliminate extreme poverty, uphold
human rights, safeguard a sustainable
planet and ensure human dignity for poor
and vulnerable populations worldwide by
elevating and advancing the goals of the
U.S.-based international nonprofit
community. U.S. participation in the
implementation of the CRPD abroad will
play an important role in the future of the
world’s disabled population.
We look forward to continuing to work with
members of Congress and the
Administration to support this treaty and
disability rights around the world.
Disability Rights Education and
Defense Fund
Helen Keller International
American Jewish World Service
Handicap International
CARE USA
HelpAge USA
IFES
Life for Relief & Development
USA
Action Against Hunger
AMREF
Basic Education Coalition
Better World Campaign
Bethesda Lutheran
Communities
CBM
EDC
Heartland Alliance
International Youth Foundation
International Medical Corps
Management Sciences for
Health
American Red Cross
Lutheran Services in America
Good360
BRAC
Feed the Children
InterAction
Trickle Up Program, Inc.
U.S. Fund for UNICEF
Save the Children
Perkins International
United Cerebral Palsy
RESULTS
Women’s Refugee Commission
World Learning
The Hunger Project
ReSurge International
Refugees International
Medical Care Development
Mobility International
ONE
Operation USA
SEVA Foundation
U.S. International Council on
Disabilities
Water for South Sudan
Winrock International
World Concern
World Neighbors
WaterAid
Unitarian Universalist Service
Committee
Oxfam America
WellShare International