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International Commission on Human Rights
More than 1.3 billion people worldwide live with disabilities. Disability rights affirm that every person, regardless of ability, has the right to participate fully in society, access education, healthcare, and employment, and live independently with dignity. Recognizing disability as part of human diversity transforms social systems to be inclusive by design.
Yet persons with disabilities often face barriers—physical, attitudinal, legal, and digital—that limit their choices and exclude them from public life. Violence, institutionalization, inaccessible services, and lack of reasonable accommodations remain widespread. Women, children, and people with disabilities in conflict or displacement settings face compounded discrimination.
The International Commission On Human Rights (ICOHR) champions the rights of persons with disabilities by promoting inclusive policies, supporting self-advocacy movements, and ensuring governments uphold the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). We collaborate with disability-led organizations to create environments where everyone can thrive.
Key indicators reveal persistent inequalities impacting persons with disabilities.
We advance disability inclusion through systemic reform and community partnerships.
Supporting CRPD-aligned legislation, abolishing discriminatory laws, and ensuring persons with disabilities can claim their rights in court.
Promoting universal design, accessible transportation, housing, and public services that enable independent living and community participation.
Advocating for inclusive labor markets, decent work, social protection, and entrepreneurship opportunities for persons with disabilities.
Ensuring accessible healthcare, assistive technologies, mental health services, and community-based rehabilitation tailored to diverse needs.
Transforming education systems to provide reasonable accommodations, inclusive curricula, and support services for learners with disabilities.
Supporting disability-led advocacy, political participation, and representation in decision-making at all levels.
Global standards articulate the obligations of states and societies.
States must eliminate discriminatory laws and practices, ensure equal protection, and guarantee reasonable accommodations in all settings.
Persons with disabilities have the right to participate in political, public, cultural, and social life on an equal basis with others.
Access to community-based services, personal assistance, and support networks enables autonomy and freedom of choice.
States must prevent exploitation, violence, and institutionalization, ensuring accountability and support for survivors.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol establish comprehensive obligations for states to respect, protect, and fulfill disability rights. Complementary instruments—including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals, and regional disability charters—reinforce commitments to accessibility, inclusive education, decent work, and social protection. ICOHR leverages these frameworks to monitor compliance, support national implementation, and advocate for rights-based development that leaves no one behind.
We combine advocacy, accountability, and empowerment to drive systemic change.
We advise governments on disability-inclusive policies, budgeting, and service delivery in partnership with organizations of persons with disabilities.
ICOHR supports strategic litigation, legal aid, and capacity-building to ensure courts and human rights institutions are accessible and responsive.
We track CRPD reporting, gather data on rights violations, and engage treaty bodies, national human rights institutions, and special rapporteurs.
ICOHR co-develops training with disability-led groups on inclusive budgeting, program design, and monitoring tools rooted in lived experience.
We promote accessible digital services, assistive technology policies, and universal design standards that expand opportunities for all.
We invest in disability rights movements, amplify self-advocates, and foster peer support networks for sustainable change.
Disability rights are human rights. Join ICOHR in building societies where accessibility, equality, and respect are guaranteed for everyone.
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