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.
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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
- 10am & 3pm – Public reading of upcoming General Comment on Article 24 of the Convention
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:
- Submission on Uruguay by Alianza de Organizaciones por los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad del Uruguay in Spanish and Annex
- Submission on Bolivia by las Cinco Federaciones Nacionales de Personas con Discapacidad de Bolivia in Spanish
- Submission on Guatemala by la Comisión Informe Alternativo de la CDPD Guatemala in Spanish
- Submission on Colombia by Coalición Colombiana por la Implementación de la Convención sobre los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad in Spanish & English
- Submission on Italy by the Italian Disability Forum - Forum Italiano Sulla Disabilità in English
Latest submissions by DPOs related to List of issues:
- Submission on Canada by the Canadian Civil Society Report Group
- Submission on Canada by Disabled Women’s Network Canada
- Submission on Quebec by COPHAN (Confédération des organismes des personnes handicapées du Québec) in English
- Submission on Armenia by Armenian DPO community
- Submission on Bosnia and Herzegovina by Bosnian DPOs & civil society
- Submission on Honduras by FENOPDIH (Federación Nacional de Organismos de Personas con Discapacidad de Honduras) & FENAPAPEDISH (Federación Nacional de Padres de Personas con Discapacidad de Honduras) in Spanish & English
Other
Relevant IDA submissions to the Committee for this session have been regrouped here:
- IDA submission on draft reporting guidelines
- IDA submission on draft guidelines for participation of independent monitoring mechanisms
- IDA submission on the right to live independently and be included in the community
- IDA submission on the right to inclusive education
- IDA position on inclusive education
- Joint IDA & Centre for Reproductive Rights submission on the right to inclusive comprehensive sexuality education
- IDA video on the right to education of women and girls with disabilities
- IDA submission on draft General Comment on women and girls with disabilities
- IDA submission on women and girls with disabilities
- IDA submission on indigenous women and girls with disabilities
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