A call for a protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples' rights on the rights of persons with disabilities in Africa

Abstract

Central to the discourse on disability is the question of systemic disadvantage, characterised by the discrimination, and often complete exclusion, of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in society. In an effort to address the problem, on 13 December 2006, the international community adopted the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which entered into force together with its Optional Piotocol on 3 May 2008.