Australia signed up to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2008. This means Australia has made a commitment to protect and promote our rights. The main way that Australian Governments are doing this, is through the National Disability Strategy.
Every four years, Australia has to report to the United Nations (UN) and be reviewed on what it has achieved. A committee of independent experts, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) does this review.
2019 CRPD Review
In September 2019, Australia was reviewed for the second time by the Committee. The Australian Government provided its report to the Committee in 2018. This report was Australia’s response to a list of Issues that the Committee wanted to know about.
A civil society working group also prepared a civil society Shadow Report, Disability Rights Now to ensure people with disability were represented in the review.