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On May 12, the United Nations celebrated the anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention extends and guarantees already established human rights to some 650 million people with disabilities worldwide. In recognition of this victory, the video Living Proof: The Right to Live in the Community was screened at the UN General Assembly.
Living Proof was produced in partnership with the Croatian NGO, Association for Promoting Inclusion (API), and WITNESS. Croatia was one of the first five countries to ratify the Convention.
While disability rights advocates and their governments must still work toward implementation, today's UN screening recognizes the accomplishments of API and disability rights groups from all over the world.
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