The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by Mozambique on 30 January 2012 brings a total of 110 States Parties to the CRPD, while the Optional Protocol (OP) has 63 ratifications.
The number of signatures to the CRPD is 153 while the OP has 90 signatures.
Macedonia (FYORM) ratified the CRPD on 29 December 2011.
Please click the link to check the list of Signatories and State Parties.
Please click the links below to have access the January issue of the IDA Disability Rights Bulletin: PDF version and Word version.
If you want to access past issues of the Disability Rights Bulletin, please click here.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has recently published its thematic study on participation in political and public life by persons with disabilities (CRPD, Article 29). The Human Rights Council in its resolution 16/15 (March 2011) requested to the OHCHR to prepare a study on this topic, that will be presented at the 19th session of the Council in March 2012.
This study, which has been developed in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including States, United Nations agencies, the Special Rapporteur on disability of the Commission for Social Development of the Economic and Social Council, civil society organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities, and national human rights institutions, highlights good practices in the field of participation of persons with disabilities in elections and in the conduct of public affairs, and identifies the main challenges that still prevent or limit the equal and effective participation of persons with disabilities in the political and public life of their countries.
Please click the links to access this thematic study on article 29 (PDF version or Word version).
Contributions that were received by OHCHR as input to this study.
The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by Macedonia (FYORM) on 29 December 2011 brings a total of 109 States Parties to the CRPD, while the Optional Protocol (OP) has 63 ratifications.
The number of signatures to the CRPD is 153 while the OP has 90 signatures.
Myanmar ratified the CRPD on 7 December 2011.
Please click the link to check the list of Signatories and State Parties.
Please click the links below to have access the December issue of the IDA Disability Rights Bulletin: PDF version and Word version.
If you want to access past issues of the Disability Rights Bulletin, please click here.
Cook Islands has recently submitted its national report to the CRPD Committe. For the moment, the report is only available in English.
Spain, Tunisia, Peru, China, Argentina, Austria, Hungary, Paraguay, Australia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Czech Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Denmark were the first countries in submit their national reports to the CRPD Committee.
Please click the link below to access the CRPD Committee website section where you can find all reports presented so far to the CRPD Committee: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Sessions.aspx
The ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by Myanmar on 7 December 2011 brings a total of 108 States Parties to the CRPD, while the Optional Protocol (OP) has 63 ratifications.
The number of signatures to the CRPD is 153 while the OP has 90 signatures.
Indonesia ratified the CRPD on 30 November 2011.
Please click the link to check the list of Signatories and State Parties.
On 8 December, UNDP, OHCHR, DESA, WHO, ILO and UNICEF jointly launched the UN Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNPRPD), a Multi-Donor Trust Fund (MDTF) on disability rights to support the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities within the work of the UN at country level.
Please click the links to access the press release (in English and Spanish) prepared by IDA with respect to the launch.
Denmark has submitted its national report to the CRPD Committe. For the moment, the report is only available in English.
Spain, Tunisia, Peru, China, Argentina, Austria, Hungary, Paraguay, Australia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Sweden, Azerbaijan, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Belgium, Croatia, Germany, Czech Republic and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland were the first countries in submit their national reports to the CRPD Committee.
Please click the link below to access the CRPD Committee website section where you can find all reports presented so far to the CRPD Committee: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/Sessions.aspx
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