DR2028 analytical summary. This is a research brief prepared by the DR2028 movement. It is not an official publication of the World Federation of the Deaf.
The World Federation of the Deaf
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is the international representative organization of deaf people, working within the United Nations human-rights system — principally the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) — to advance sign-language rights, accessibility, and full participation of deaf citizens in public life.
The metrics that matter
- Legal recognition of national sign languages — the baseline right from which others flow.
- Accessibility of public services and emergency information in sign language — including disaster and safety communications.
- Deaf participation in policy-making — nothing about deaf citizens without deaf citizens.
- Inclusive education and employment with sign-language access.
DR2028 relevance
DR2028's accessibility commitments — including emergency communications in Dominican Sign Language and the national digital-literacy program's sign-language track — are measured against this framework, not against local custom. Accessibility is a human-rights obligation under treaties the Dominican Republic has joined, and our decrees treat it as such: a compliance matter, not a favor.