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G3ict

Our Mission

Vision

We aim to create a world where all persons with disabilities will have equal access to digital content, products, services, and environments according to the principles of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), the eighth Human Rights treaty of the United Nations.

Mission

Building a global community to advance the fundamental human rights of persons with disabilities to digital access.

Objectives

G3ict's objectives and global outreach are aligned with the dispositions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on the accessibility of Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) and Assistive Technologies. G3ict’s objectives are to:

  • Promote awareness of the ICT accessibility dispositions of the CRPD and of effective public policies, private sector initiatives, and accessibility standards;
  • Support advocates and policy makers with capacity building programs, policy development tools and benchmarking;
  • Facilitate and share good practices and innovation in accessible and assistive technologies;
  • Foster harmonization and standardization to achieve lower costs and interoperability on a global scale by promoting the work of W3C, ISO, ETSI, ANSI, DAISY/EPUB3, ITU, Public Procurement standards - Section 508, EN 301-549 - and other leading Standards Development Organizations;
  • Define and promote the accessibility profession through networking, education and certification in order to enable and mainstream the creation of accessible products, content and services.


Learn more about the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how it defines and promotes the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Digital Age. Explore the work of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention by the States Parties. The Committee meets at the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva.