At-a-glance: UN disability treaty

6.21.46pm UTC (GMT +0000) Fri 30th Mar 2007

The UN has agreed a new treaty giving greater rights to disabled people around the world.

Here is an at-a-glance guide to the draft United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:

Participating countries to change laws and ban discriminatory customs and practices

Disabled people to have an equal right to life

Equal rights for disabled women and girls

Protection for children with disabilities

A right to own and inherit property, to control financial affairs and have equal access to financial services

Disabled people not to be deprived of their liberty "unlawfully or arbitrarily"

Medical or scientific experiments without consent to be banned

An end to enforced institutionalisation

Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse

A right to privacy and access to medical records

Countries to remove barriers to accessing the environment, transport, public facilities and communication

A right to independent living

Essential equipment to be made affordable

A right to an adequate standard of living and social protection

An end to discrimination relating to marriage, family and personal relationships

Equal access to education

An end to discrimination in the job market

A right to equal participation in public life

A right to participate in cultural life

Developing countries to be assisted to put the convention into practice