To Fulfill The Promises Of The 2030 Agenda, We Need To Accelerate Our Action, Including On Disability Issues, High Commissioner Bachelet Urges At The Opening Of The Committee On The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities In Geneva

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Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today addressed the opening of the twenty-second session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Geneva, highlighting the achievements and accomplishments since the adoption of the landmark Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2006.

There was far broader recognition of the inalienable and universal rights of persons with disabilities and their inherent human dignity, she underlined, and many States had taken measures to increase and improve access to key services.  But many persons with disabilities continued to face violations of their rights and barriers to their participation as equal members of society………………….