Watch the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This section presents the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities interpreted into New Zealand Sign Language. Each article is presented in full, and in addition summaries with further information are presented for selected articles.

Articles - summaries

Summaries of selected Convention articles are presented in this section. They provide more contextual information to explain what is meant by the articles.

Download video - Summary about Article 2: Definitions [MP4, 2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 4: General obligations [MP4, 2.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 5: Equality and non-discrimination [MP4, 1.9 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 6: Women with disabilities [MP4, 1.9 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 7: Children with disabilities [MP4, 2.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 8: Awareness raising [MP4, 2.6 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 9: Accessibility [MP4, 2.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 12: Equal recognition before the law [MP4, 3.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 13: Access to justice [MP4, 2.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 14: Liberty and security of the person [MP4, 2.1 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 15: Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degarding treatment or punishment [MP4, 2.5 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 16: Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse [MP4, 3.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 18: Liberty of movement and nationality [MP4, 1.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 19: Living independently and being included in the community [MP4, 2.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 20: Personal mobility [MP4, 2.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 21: Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information [MP4, 3.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 23: Respect for home and the family [MP4, 2.1 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 24: Education [MP4, 5.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 25: Health [MP4, 2.1 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 26: Habilitation and rehabilitation [MP4, 4.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 27: Work and employment [MP4, 2.9 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 28: Adequate standard of living and social protection [MP4, 2.1 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 29: Participation in political and public life [MP4, 2.5 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 30: Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport [MP4, 3.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 31: Statistics and data collection [MP4, 1.9 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 32: International cooperation [MP4, 2.6 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 33: National implementation and monitoring [MP4, 2.5 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 34: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [MP4, 2.5 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 35: Reports by States Parties [MP4, 2.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 36: Consideration of reports [MP4, 2.6 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 37: Cooperation between States Parties and the Committee [MP4, 1.8 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 38: Relationship of the Committee with other bodies [MP4, 2.3 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 39: Report of the Committee [MP4, 3.5 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 44: Regional integration organizations [MP4, 3.2 MB]

Download video - Summary about Article 47: Amendments [MP4, 2.4 MB]

Download video - UN Optional Protocol [MP4, 5.4 MB]

Download video - Disclaimer [MP4, 3 MB]

Articles - full text

Direct text interpretation of all the Convention articles are presented in this section.

Download video - Preamble [exceeds 34mb]

Download video - Article 1: Purpose [MP4, 3.2 MB]

Download video - Article 2: Definitions

Download video - Article 3: General principles [MP3, 1.6 MB]

Download video - Article 4: General obligations [MP4, 23 MB]

Download video - Article 5: Equality and non-discrimination [MP4, 5 MB]

Download video - Article 6: Women with disabilities [MP4, 2.9 MB]

Download video - Article 7: Children with disabilities [MP4, 4 MB]

Download video - Article 8: Awareness raising [MP4, 10 MB]

Download video - Article 9: Accessibility [MP4, 15 MB]

Download video - Article 10: Right to life [MP4, 1.6 MB]

Download video - Article 11: Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies [MP4, 2.9 MB]

Download video - Article 12: Equal recognition before the law [MP4, 13 MB]

Download video - Article 13: Access to justice [MP4, 3.8 MB]

Download video - Article 14: Liberty of movement and nationality [MP4, 4.6 MB]

Download video - Article 15: Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment [MP4, 3.2 MB]

Download video - Article 16: Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse [MP4, 10 MB]

Download video - Article 17: Protecting the integrity of the person [MP4, 1.3 MB]

Download video - Article 18: Liberty of movement and nationality [MP4, 6.9 MB]

Download video - Article 19: Living independently and being included in the community [MP4, 5.8 MB]

Download video - Article 20: Personal mobility [MP4, 5.2 MB]

Download video - Article 21: Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information [MP4, 8.5 MB]

Download video - Article 22: Respect for privacy [MP4, 4.3 MB]

Download video - Article 23: Respect for home and the family [MP4, 14 MB]

Download video - Article 24: Education [MP4, 22 MB]

Download video - Article 25: Health [MP4, 11 MB]

Download video - Article 26: Habilitation and rehabilitation [MP4, 13 MB]

Download video - Article 27: Work and employment [MP4, 17 MB]

Download video - Article 28: Adequate standard of living and social protection [MP4, 11 MB]

Download video - Article 29: Participation in political and public life [MP4, 11 MB]

Download video - Article 30: Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport [MP4, 16 MB]

Download video - Article 31: Statistics and data collection [MP4, 8.3 MB]

Download video - Article 32: International cooperation [MP4, 7.9 MB]

Download video - Article 33: National implementation and monitoring [MP4, 6.6 MB]

Download video - Article 34: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [MP4, 31 MB]

Download video - Article 35: Reports by States Parties [MP4, 8.1 MB]

Download video - Article 36: Consideration of reports [MP4, 10 MB]

Download video - Article 37: Cooperation between States Parties and the Committee [MP4, 3.6 MB]

Download video - Article 38: Relationship of the Committee with other bodies [MP4, 6 MB]

Download video - Article 39: Relationship of the Committee with other bodies [MP4, 3.3 MB]

Download video - Article 40: Conference of State Parties [MP4, 4.2 MB]

Download video - Article 41: Depositary [MP4, 1.5 MB]

Download video - Article 42: Signature [MP4, 2.5 MB]

Download video - Article 43: Consent to be bound [MP4, 2.7 MB]

Download video - Article 44: Regional integration organizations [MP4, 9.3 MB]

Download video - Article 45: Entry into force [MP4, 3.7 MB]

Download video - Article 46: Reservations [MP4, 4.1 MB]

Download video - Article 47: Amendments [MP4, 12 MB]

Download video - Article 48: Denunciation [MP4, 2.9 MB]

Download video - Article 49: Accessible formats [MP4, 1.9 MB]

Download video - Article 50: Authentic texts [MP4, 1.5 MB]

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