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Optional protocol to the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities

This document contains the following information: Optional protocol to the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: adopted in New York, 13 December 2006.

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This document contains the following information: Optional protocol to the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: adopted in New York, 13 December 2006.

The Optional Protocol was ratified by the United Kingdom on 7 August 2009 and entered into force on 6 September 2009. The Optional protocol was previously published as Miscellaneous no. 6 (2006), Cm.7644 (ISBN 9780101764421).

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