대한민국은「장애인의 권리에 관한 협약」(이하 “협약”이라 한다)의 성안과정에 적극 참여하였고, 2008년 12월 11일 협약을 비준하였다. 2009년 1월 10일 협약의 국내 발효와 함께 대한민국은 이를 국내적으로 이행하기 위하여 입법을 포함한 여러 조치들을 취해 왔다. 대한민국은 협약의 당사국으로서 협약 제35조 제1항에 의거하여 이 최초 보고서를 유엔 장애인권리위원회에 제출한다. 이 보고서는 장애인권리위원회의 보고서 작성지침(CRPD/C/2/3)에 의거하여 작성되었다.

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서 문 ································································································································6
제1조~제2조 목적 및 정의······································································································· 9
제3조 일반 원칙 ···········································································································12
제4조 일반 의무··········································································································· 14
제5조 평등 및 비차별································································································· 15
제6조 장애여성············································································································· 17
제7조 장애아동············································································································· 19
제8조 인식제고············································································································· 20
제9조 접근성················································································································· 21
제10조 생명권················································································································· 22
제11조 위기상황과 인도적 차원의 비상사태 ····························································23
제12조 법 앞의 동등한 인정························································································ 24
제13조 사법에 대한 접근····························································································· 25
제14조 신체의 자유 및 안전························································································ 28
제15조 고문 또는 잔혹한, 비인도적이거나 굴욕적인 대우나 처벌로부터의 자유 29
제16조 착취, 폭력 및 학대로부터의 자유································································· 30
제17조 개인의 완전함 보호·························································································· 32
제18조 이주 및 국적의 자유························································································ 32
제19조 자립생활 및 지역사회에의 참여 ····································································33
제20조 개인의 이동성··································································································· 35
제21조 의사표현의 자유와 정보접근의 보장···························································· 37
제22조 사생활 존중 ·······································································································39
제23조 가정과 가족에 대한 존중················································································ 40
제24조 교육····················································································································· 41
제25조 건강 ·····················································································································44
제26조 가활(Habilitation) 및 재활(Rehabilitation) ··················································· 46
제27조 노동과 고용······································································································· 47
제28조 적절한 생활수준과 사회적 보호···································································· 51
제29조 정치 및 공적생활 참여···················································································· 52
제30조 문화생활, 레크리에이션, 여가생활 및 스포츠에 대한 참여 ······················54
제31조 통계와 자료 수집····························································································· 55
제32조 국제협력············································································································· 57
제33조 국내적 이행 및 감독························································································ 59