Status of the CRPD February 2013



129 ratifications and 155 signatories to the CRPD
76 ratifications and 91 signatories to its Optional Protocol (OP)

- Barbados ratified the Convention on 27 February 2013
- Albania ratified the Convention on 11 February 2013

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