Users and Survivors of Psychiatry Support President Obama’s Intention to Sign the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Signature is only the beginning; grassroots engagement is essential to meaningful ratification

Washington, DC | May 14, 2009 |Two national disability rights organizations, the Center for the Human Rights of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (CHRUSP) and the U.S. Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (USNUSP) support H. Res. 416, which expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the “United States should become an international human rights leader by ratifying and implementing certain core international conventions” and affirms the historic role of the United States in the development of global human rights standards.