Title: Ethiopia Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability Ratification Proclamation No. 676/2010

Name of Convention: CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Scope of Application:  Ethiopia has ratified the convention without any reservation.

Type of law: Proclamation

Key words: Disability, UN Convention, Persons with Disability, Equality and nondiscrimination, women with disabilities, Children with disabilities, Accessibility, right to life, Equal recognition before the law, Liberty and security of life, Respect for privacy, education, health, work and employment, etc.

Date of Adoption by UN: December 13, 2006

Date of Ratification; June 11, 2010

Language: Proclamation in Amharic and English, and convention in English