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The fight for disability rights in Ireland

Students prepare to protest outside Leinster House this Thursday in favour of the ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities that has been subject to a 10-year delay

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“Despite having signed the convention in 2007, ratification of the CRPD has been subject to numerous delays”

The UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities is the first human rights treaty of the 21st century. The purpose of …