Conference of States Parties
Article 40 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities stipulates that “The States Parties shall meet regularly in a Conference of States Parties in order to consider any matter with regard to the implementation of the present Convention.” Since 2008, four sessions of the Conference of States Parties have been held at United Nations Headquarters, New York.
IDA advocated in 2008 for a Conference of States Parties (COP) that would have substantive content, beyond its role of (re)electing the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and which would, different to other meetings of states parties connected to human rights treaties, allow for participation of NGOs. Since then, IDA has made a meaningful advocacy work during these COPs.
Here below you can find information on the recent COP, held in September 2011. For detailed information on past COPs please click the link "View All Sessions" at the bottom of this page.
Fifth Conference of States Parties (September 2012)
The Fifth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will take place from 12 to 14 September 2012 at the UN Headquarters, in New York.
More information on this Conference.
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Preparatory meeting for the fifth Conference of States Parties to the CRPD (September 12-14, 2012)
On 13 April 2012, the Bureau Members of the Conference of States Parties (COP) (Sweden, Hungary, Jamaica, Sierra Leone and Thailand) invited interested Member States (Mexico, Philippines) and civil society representatives to discuss possible themes for the upcoming COP. The following topics were suggested by IDA and other participants: children with disabilities, women with disabilities and older persons with disabilities. IDA also presented briefly Civil Society CRPD Forum to be held the day prior of the COP.
Elections for the CRPD Committee
At this Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD, 9 of the positions on the CRPD Committee will be renewed: six of the initial twelve members (Ana Pelaez (Spain), Soledad Cisternas (Chile), Mohammed Al Tarawneh (Jordan), Amna Al Suwaidi (Katar), Monsur Choudhouri (Bangla Desh) and Jia Yang (China)) as well as three of the new members elected in 2010 (Silvia Quan (Guatemala), Gabor Gombos (Hungary) and Fatiha Hadj-Salah (Algeria)).
As in the election processes of 2008 and 2010, IDA has prepared a number of documents related to the nomination process of candidates for the CRPD Committee to inform about the election process and to give suggestions and advice to national DPOs on how to exert influence in the nomination process at national level.
To have access to these documents please click the links below:
- Election Process for the CRPD Committee: EP_English / EP_Spanish
- Nomination Process: NP_English / NP_Spanish
- Profile of candidates: PC_English / PC_Spanish
