The UPR Working Group 13th session took place from 21 May to 4 June 2012 in Geneva. This session has marked the beginning of the second cycle of the UPR.
During the session, 74 recommendations and one voluntary pledge were made on the rights of persons with disabilities. Of the recommendations, 27 were accepted right away, and 47 are pending for adoption in the 21st session of the Human Rights Council. Some good recommendations made during the session include those on political participation of persons with disabilities.
Parallel reports focussing on the rights of persons with disabilities*:
Algeria
Brazil
Finland
Finnish Disability Forum (DPO coalition report)
India
National Disability Network (DPO coalition report)
Morocco
- Moroccan Collective for the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (DPO coalition report)
- Report by a national association of associations of parents of persons with autism
Netherlands
JS3 - NGO Foundation Perspectief and Inclusion Netherlands (NGO/DPO report)
Philippines
Tunisia
UK
- JS9: Disability Rights Watch UK (DPO coalition report)
- JS13: British Institute for Human Rights and others (DPO input given to a broader NGO coalition)
- Mencap (NGO re: persons with intellectual disability)
UK - Scotland
- Scottish Campaign for a Fair Society (DPO coalition report)
- Scottish Association for Mental Health (NGO re: persons with psychosocial disability)
- Scottish Consortium for Learning Disability (NGO re: persons with intellectual disability)
UK - Northern Ireland
* The views expressed in the above reports are those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of IDA or of its members.
Some IDA suggestions for recommendations:
Based on feedback received from reliable country sources, IDA suggested recommendations to the following countries: Bahrain, Ecuador, Indonesia and South Africa.
IDA suggestions for recommendations for Bahrain, Ecuador, Indonesia and South Africa.
