Page Style

  • White/Black
  • Yellow/Blue
  • Black/White

Current Style: Standard

Text Size

  • Decrease
  • Normal
  • Increase

Current Size: 100%

Accessibility Statement

Colour Scheme: Standard colour scheme Dark colour scheme Blue colour scheme Yellow colour scheme

Change Font Size: Standard text size Large text size Larger text size

SDD Website Help: Standard text size Read help

Welcome to the new site of the Social Development Division of ESCAP. This site is a work in progress. Apologies for any possible error or broken link, which we are aiming to fix soon.

Please visit our site again soon for more updates!

Feedback or comments are welcome, at escap_sdd@un.org (subject: Feedback on website)

Protection, Empowerment, Equality

Social Development in Asia-Pacific

Make the Right Real!

Home»Make the Right Real!

Make the Right Real!

Challenges and Opportunities 
0000

Make the Right Real Video! What is Make the Right Real!?

  • Make the Right Real! is the regional campaign launched by the United Nations
    Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) at
    the second session of the ESCAP Social Development Committee held in
    October 2010.
  • The campaign aims to accelerate the ratification and the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Asia-Pacific.

27 of 50 governments had ratified CRPD Why Make the Right Real!?

  • The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the first international human rights treaty to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities.
  • There are some 650 million persons with disabilities in the Asia-Pacific region, the majority of whom live in poverty.
  • Many governments that have ratified have yet to fully harmonize their domestic legislation with the CRPD.
  • It is time for all of us to support efforts to ensure equal rights and opportunities for all persons with disabilities.

How Many Countries Have Ratified the CRPD in Asia and the Pacific?

  • As of 12 February 2013, 27 Governments in Asia-Pacific had ratified the CRPD. Cambodia is the most recent ESCAP member State to join in ratifying the CRPD.
  • The table shows the status of the ratifications and signatures updated as of 23 January 2013.
 
For the regional status on the CRPD ratification and signature: http://unescapsdd.org/disability/factsheets-and-statistics/convention-rights-persons-disabilities
For the global information: http://www.un.org/disabilities/countries.asp?navid=12&pid=166

CRDP Ratification and Signature (Enter numbers between 0 and 100 without percentage sign)
Region Signed Ratified
ESCAP 60 44
ESCWA 70 65
ECE 90 45
ECLAC 70 65
ECA 70 50

Make the Right Real! webpage has been developed in close collaboration with the Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD), APCD website: http://www.apcdfoundation.org

Our Response 
Thailand Thailand:
3 Dec 2010

Asia-Pacific Regional Commemoration of the 2010 International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Bangladesh Bangladesh:
21-22 Sep 2011

Regional Leadership Conference of Persons with Disabilities in South Asia

IndiaIndia:
18-21 Aug 2011

Workshop to Accelerate the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in India


Papua New GuineaPapua New Guinea:
28-29 Mar 2011

Stakeholders Meeting on Reviewing the Implementation of the Second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012) in Papua New Guinea

PakistanPakistan:
29-30 Jan 2011

Stakeholders Meeting on Reviewing the Implementation of the Second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons (2003-2012) in Pakistan

PhilippinesPhilippines:
2 Dec 2011

Walk to Make the Right Real! for Persons with Disabilities and 2011 International Day of Persons with Disabilities



 

Myanmar Myanmar:
27 June 2012

Celebration to " Make the Right Real!" Promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar

Kazakhstan Kazakhstan:
29-30 March 2012

Make the Right Real Conference in Central Asia


Our Work 
Click here to see more promotional materials




What's New

Events Calendar

Resources

Almaty Recommendations to Make the Right Real for Persons with Disabilities in Central Asia and the CIS Countries

14 Feb 2013
Issue:
Make The Right Real
Document Type:
Outcome Document
Almaty Recommendations to Make the Right Real for Persons with Disabilities in Central Asia and the CIS Countries
 
Make the Right Real Conference 
International Experiences in Realization of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Promotion of Gender Equality in Central Asia and the CIS Countires
30 March 2012
Read more

Report on Celebration to “Make the Right Real”: Promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar

14 Feb 2013
Issue:
Make The Right Real
Document Type:
Meeting Report
Report on Celebration to “Make the Right Real”: Promotion of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Myanmar
 
Organized by
Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement of Myanmar
Myanmar Independent Living Initiative (MILI)
United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
Asia-Pacific Development Center on Disability (APCD)
The Nippon Foundation (TNF)
Read more