UN Initiatives regarding Persons with Developmental and Psychiatric Disabilities
1971: Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, 1975: Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 1982: World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons, 1991: Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care, 1993: United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, 1997: Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities