United Nations IDPwD 2026 Theme
The theme for IDPwD 2026 is ‘The CRPD at 20: Building on Progress, Advancing the Future’.
It’s been 20 years since the United Nations (UN) agreed to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
The CRPD is an agreement between many countries. Australia is one of the countries that has agreed to it.
It says that people with disability have the same rights as everyone else and should be able to take part in all areas of life.
The 2026 theme looks at what has improved over the past 20 years and what still needs to change.
It calls on governments and communities to:
- build on the progress made
- remove barriers for people with disability
- protect the rights of people with disability
- improve access to information, jobs and community life
- make communities more accessible and inclusive.
The theme also says that people with disability should be part of decisions that affect them. This is the idea behind ‘nothing about us without us’.
More information is available on the UN website.
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