United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PDF format) has entered into force for the People's Republic of China, including the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region on 31 August 2008.

The purpose of the Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments which in interaction with various barriers may hinder their full and effective participation in society on an equal basis with others.

As Hong Kong citizens, we all have equal responsibilities to implement the Convention. Through a series of public education and promotion activities, we strongly encourage all Hong Kong citizens to promote and effectuate the essence of the Convention together with the Government, in order to create a barrier free society where persons with disabilities can pursue their goals, dreams, and live freely without discrimination.

The HKSAR's initial report under the Convention was submitted to the United Nations as part of China's combined initial reports in 2010.

1. Initial Report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PDF format)
2. Response to the list of issues raised by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in connection with the consideration of the initial report of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (CRPD/C/CHN-HKG/1) concerning Articles 1 to 33 of the Convention (DOC text version)
3. Concluding Observations by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the Initial Report of the People's Republic of China under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (including the part of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region) (Full version - DOC text version) / (Corrigendum - DOC text version)
4.  Initial Working Report of the Rehabilitation Advisory Committee Working Group on Promoting Sign Language(PDF format)
5.  Progress Report on the Promotion of Learning and Application of Sign Language（11/2015） （PDF format）(Chinese only) (PDF format)
6. “The List of Hong Kong Sign Language Interpreters” (Chinese only)
7. An outline of the topics to be covered in the second report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PDF format)
8. Second and Third Report of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (PDF format) [New]