By IDA

 - May 30, 2012

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has recently adopted its first views on an individual complaint lodged under the Optional Protocol to the CRPD.

The case against Sweden resulted in the Committee finding violations of Articles 5(1), 5(3), 19(b), 25 and 26, read alone and in conjunction with Articles 3 (b), (d) and (e), and 4(1) (d) of the CRPD.

Please click the following links to read the views in full, a summary prepared by IDA and to access IDA's factsheet on the Optional Protocol.