The African Disability Protocol

The African Disability Protocol (ADP) is a human rights treaty that addresses forms of discrimination affecting people with disabilities living in African countries, including harmful practices, beliefs and superstitions.

It was adopted in 2018 by the African Union – but for it to become legally binding, member states of the African Union must sign and ratify it. We’re campaigning with partners in Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe to make this happen.

More on the African Disability Protocol:

News story, June 2021: Mali becomes first country to ratify the ADP

Sightsavers side event on the African Disability Protocol at the Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, June 2021: