<P> The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations intended to protect the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities . Parties to the Convention are required to promote , protect , and ensure the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities and ensure that they enjoy full equality under the law . The Convention has served as the major catalyst in the global movement from viewing persons with disabilities as objects of charity , medical treatment and social protection towards viewing them as full and equal members of society , with human rights . It is also the only UN human rights instrument with an explicit sustainable development dimension . The Convention was the first human rights treaty of the twenty - first century . </P>
conventions on the right of persons with disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international human rights treaty of the United Nations