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The Third Conference of States Parties elected Twelve Committee Members of CRPD Committee

admin — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:06:35 +0000

Election of Twelve Committee Members of CRPD Committee at 3^rd Conference of States Parties, 1 September 2010

The States Parties to the CRPD opened the Third Conference of States Parties (COP) (September 1-3, 2010, United Nations, NY) by electing twelve CRPD Committee members today. Each candidate had to be presented by a country that is a State Party to the Convention. The CRPD Committee is now expanding from twelve to eighteen members in accordance with the Convention, which says that after sixty ratifications additional to the first twenty, the CRPD Committee will expand from twelve to eighteen members.

The elections were conducted by secret ballot. In the first round of voting, only one candidate got the required absolute majority: the current Chair of the CRPD Committee, Mr. Ron McCallum (Australia) (re-elected for a four-year term). Next elected were Ms. Edah Wangechi Maina (Kenya), Ms. Theresia Degener (Germany), Mr. Hyng Shik Kim (Republic of Korea), Mr. Carlos Rios Espinosa (Mexico), and Mr. Lotfi Ben Lallahom (Tunisia), who will all serve four-year terms. Mr. McCallum, Ms. Maina and Mr. Lallahom were existing members who were re-elected. An additional six members were elected for the new seats resulting from the expansion: Mr. Gabor Gombos (Hungary), Mr. Damjan Tatic (Serbia), Mr. Stig Langvad (Denmark), Ms. Silvia Judith Quang Chang (Guatemala), Ms. Fatiha Hadj Salah (Algeria), and Mr. German Xavier Torres Correa (Ecuador). Of the latter six, the experts from Guatemala, Hungary, and Algeria will serve two-year terms (drawn by lot) while the rest will serve four-year terms.

The full Committee of eighteen members also includes the current members, Ms. Amna Ali Al Suweidi (Qatar), Mr. Mohammed Al-Tarawneh (Jordan), Mr. Monsur Ahmed Choudhuri (Bangladesh), Ms. María Soledad Cisternas Reyes (Chile), Ms. Ana Peláez Narváez (Spain), and Ms. Jia Yang (China), all of whose terms expire in 2012. In 2012, there will be nine open Committee member seats.

Lithuania ratifies the CRPD

admin — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:51:02 +0000

Lithuania ratified the CRPD and acceded to the Optional Protocol on August 18th, 2010.

Lithuania has become the 90th country in ratifying the CRPD.

Malaysia ratified the CRPD on July 19th, 2010.

Peru becomes third country to submit the State report

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 08:45:35 +0000

Peru has become the third country to submit the State report which is so far only available in Spanish. Click here to access the CRPD Committee website section where you can find the report.

Tunisia is second State to submit its report to the CRPD Committee

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:29:22 +0000

The report is so far only available in Arabic and can be found on the CRPD Committee website. Click here to go to the relevant section of the website.

The CRPD Committee has published its Rules of Procedure

admin — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 11:44:43 +0000

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has published on its website its Rules of Procedure.

Please click here to see the Rules of Procedure and click here to have access to the CRPD Committee website.

The Guidance Document prepared by IDA on parallel reporting is now available

admin — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 06:24:21 +0000

The Guidance Document on parallel reporting is now available in English, Spanish and French. Please click here to see the document in Word and PDF.

Version in Arabic will be available coming soon!