The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was the first international human rights treaty to set out accessibility as a right — not a favour.
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first international human rights treaty to set out the concept of accessibility as a right. That distinction matters: accessibility is not a kindness extended to persons with disabilities, it is something they are owed.
RULP champions this right for people with short stature in Rwanda — in banks, in schools, in health centres and in public buildings, where a counter built at the wrong height is not a small inconvenience but a closed door.
