IDA’s compilations of CRPD Committee’s Concluding Observations updated by April 2024

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By late March 2024, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities published the seven Concluding Observations that concerned Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Kazakhstan, Nicaragua, Sweden, and Zambia. As usual, the International Disability Alliance adopted compilations of the CRPD Committee’s Concluding Observations for dissemination and consultation of all interested stakeholders.

The International Disability Alliance systematically compiles the recommendations issued by the CRPD Committee in the concluding observations, organizing them by article, to facilitate access to them for the benefit of organizations of persons with disabilities, civil society organizations, disability rights researchers, and other interested stakeholders.

Each document includes a cover, the text of the article/s, an automated table of contents, and all the recommendations in reverse chronological order (the more recent first).

You can download the full compilation here:

Or download the CRPD Committee CO by Article below:

  • Articles 1 to 4 - Purpose, Definitions, General Principles, and General Obligations in Word or PDF
  • Article 5 - Equality and Non-discrimination in Word or PDF
  • Article 6 - Women with Disabilities in Word or PDF
  • Article 7 - Children with Disabilities in Word or PDF
  • Article 8 - Awareness-raising in Word or PDF
  • Article 9 - Accessibility in Word or PDF
  • Article 10 - Right to Life in Word or PDF
  • Article 11 - Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies in Word or PDF
  • Article 12 - Equal recognition before the law in Word or PDF
  • Article 13 - Access to justice in Word or PDF
  • Article 14 - Liberty and security of person in Word or PDF
  • Article 15 - Freedom of torture, cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in Word or PDF
  • Article 16 - Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse in Word or PDF
  • Article 17 - Protecting the integrity of the person in Word or PDF
  • Article 18 - Liberty of movement and nationality in Word or PDF
  • Article 19 - Living independently and being included in the community in Word or PDF
  • Article 20 - Personal Mobility in Word or PDF
  • Article 21 - Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information in Word or PDF
  • Article 22 - Respect for privacy in Word or PDF
  • Article 23 - Respect for home and the family in Word or PDF
  • Article 24 - Education in Word or PDF
  • Article 25 - Health in Word or PDF
  • Article 26 - Habitation and rehabilitation in Word or PDF
  • Article 27 - Work and employment in Word or PDF
  • Article 28 - Adequate standard of living and social protection in Word or PDF
  • Article 29 - Participation in political and public life in Word or PDF
  • Article 30 - Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport in Word or PDF
  • Article 31 - Statistics and data collection in Word or PDF
  • Article 32 - International cooperation in Word or PDF
  • Article 33 - National implementation and monitoring in Word or PDF

The Concluding Observations for each country are also available on the CRPD Committee website. You can access them here.