Robert Martin, one of the founding members of the self advocacy movement for people with intellectual disabilities in New Zealand and Life Member of People First New Zealand, has become the first person with an intellectual disability to be elected to serve on the United Nation’s committee responsible for monitoring the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This election makes Robert the first person with an intellectual disability to have a seat on any UN Committee in history. Robert was among nine new members elected to the committee June 14th, 2016 at the 9th Conference of State Parties at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
