A research piece on political participation of persons with disabilities in the European elections, promoted by the National Monitoring Mechanism of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Me-CDPD), in collaboration with the Disability and Human Rights Observatory (ODDH), shows that 68.1% (n=209) of the surveyed with disabilities went to vote, 25.7% (n=79) did not try to vote, and 6.2% (n=19) said that they tried to vote, but did not succeed.

The Disability and Human Rights Observatory (ODDH) is holding its IV Meeting on 13 December 2019 at the Instituto Superior de Ciências Sociais e Políticas (ISCSP), of the Universidade de Lisboa. This year is the 13th anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the tenth anniversary of Portugal’s ratification (in 2009), which will lead us to reflect upon the achievements and remaining challenges to the full enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities in Portugal.