August 15, 2016 to September 2, 2016

During the 16th session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitie session, the Committee will review Uruguay, Ethiopia, Bolivia, United Arab Emirates, Guatemala, Colombia and Italy.  It will also hold a public reading of upcoming General Comment on Article 24 of the Convention, on the right to inclusive education.

This 16th session immediately precedes the CRPD Committee’s 6th pre-session which will take place from 5-9 September 2016 during which it will adopt the list of issues on Armenia, Jordan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, Iran and Honduras.

ida_nota_informativa.16th_session_es_1 (Spanish, doc, 82 KB)

Programme of Work 

The following public sessions of the CRPD Committee, including State party reviews of Uruguay, Ethiopia, Bolivia, United Arab Emirates, Guatemala, Colombia and Italy as well as the public reading of upcoming General Comment on Article 24 will be webcast live by the United Nations Office of Geneva on UNTV at http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/16th-session-of-the-committee-on-the-...

All times indicated are Geneva local time- CET:

Monday 15 August

  • 10am- Opening of 16th session
  • 3pm- Review of Uruguay

Tuesday 16 August

  • 10am- Review of Uruguay (continued)
  • 3pm- Review of Ethiopia

Wednesday 17 August

  • 10am- Review of Ethiopia (continued)
  • 3pm- Review of Bolivia

Thursday 18 August

  • 10am- Review of Bolivia (continued)
  • 3pm- Review of United Arab Emirates

Friday 19 August

  • 10am- Review of United Arab Emirates (continued)

Monday 22 August

  • 3pm – Review of Guatemala

Tuesday 23 August

  • 10am- Review of Guatemala (continued)
  • 3pm- Review of Colombia

Wednesday 24 August

  • 10am- Review of Colombia (continued)
  • 3pm- Review of Italy

Thursday 25 August

10am- Review of Italy (continued)

Friday 26 August

International Sign interpretation of the public discussions will also be webcast live. 

For more information on the 16th session, please visit the Committee’s session website.

 

State reports and civil society reports

All relevant reports for this session - national reports presented by States under review, Committee’s adopted list of Issues and States’ written replies to the list of issues, as well as submissions and reports submitted by DPOs, NGOs, National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)- are available on the Committee’s 16th session website.

Latest submissions by DPOs related to State Party reviews:

Latest submissions by DPOs related to List of issues:

Other

Relevant IDA submissions to the Committee for this session have been regrouped here:

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Live webcast of CRPD16:  http://webtv.un.org/live-now/watch/16th-session-of-the-committee-on-the-...

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