The 7th DPI World Assembly took place shortly after the UN General Assembly adopted the CRPD and its Optional Protocol on 13 December 2006. The Seoul Declaration called on all governments to sign and ratify the Convention so that it could enter into force by 13 December 2007, and on all UN agencies, human-rights bodies and development agencies to embed the Convention in their work.
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DPI 7th World Assembly — Seoul
Meeting months after the CRPD was adopted, 2,700 DPI delegates in Seoul declared the Convention the foundation for all laws and policies on the rights of persons with disabilities.
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Oct
10
2011
Assembly
DPI 8th World Assembly — Durban
10–13 October 2011 Durban, South Africa
Delegates from 66 countries adopted the Durban Declaration, calling on all States to ratify and implement the CRPD and its Optional Protocol.
Oct
15
2002
Assembly
DPI 6th World Assembly — Sapporo
15–18 October 2002 Sapporo, Japan
More than 3,000 people from some 109 countries gathered in Sapporo and demanded a specific international convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.
Mar
21
2016
Assembly
DPI 9th World Assembly — Cairo
21 March 2016 Cairo, Egypt
DPI’s 9th World Assembly, hosted in Cairo in partnership with the Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities, produced the Cairo Declaration and marked DPI’s 35th anniversary.