The 15th session of the Human Rights Council took place from 13 September to 1 October, in Geneva.
Detailed information on this session of the Human Rights Council
IDA report on the 15th session of the Human Rights Council.
Resolutions
28 resolutions were adopted at the 15th Session of the Human Rights Council. The following resolutions include references to persons with disabilities:
- Human rights and access to safe drinking water and sanitation
- The right to education: follow-up to Human Rights Council resolution 8/4
- Adequate housing as a component of the right to an adequate standard of living
- Human rights of migrants
- Preventable maternal mortality and morbidity and human rights: follow-up to Council resolution 11/8
- Advisory services and technical assistance for Cambodia
- Right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health
- Elimination of discrimination against women
Analysis of references to persons with disabilities in the resolutions
Oral statement
IDA made a oral statement during this session of the Human Rights Council on safe drinking water and sanitation.
Disability analysis of the reports prepared for the 15th session of the HRC
Special Procedures
The following Special Procedures reports, which have been prepared for the 15th session of the Human Rights Council, include references to persons with disabilities:
- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of slavery, including its causes and consequences
- Special Rapporteur on the adverse effects of the movement and dumping of toxic and dangerous products and wastes on the enjoyment of human rights
- Working Group on the use of mercenaries as a means of violating human rights and impeding the right of peoples to self-determination
- Independent expert on the issue of human rights obligations related to access to safe drinking water and sanitation
- Independent expert on human rights and international solidarity
- Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent
- Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance on all manifestations of defamation of religions
Detailed information on the references to persons with disabilities in these reports
UPR
All UPR Working Group reports except Guinea report, which were prepared at the 8th session of the UPR (May 3-14, 2010) and will be presented to the 15th session of the Council under Item 6 (September 21-23).
References to persons with disabilities in these reports
Other reports
IDA has undertaken an analysis of other reports that have also been prepared for the 15th session of the Human Rights Council.
References to persons with disabilities in these reports
