Last week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a body of independent experts whose aim is to monitor implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, met in Geneva.
During the three sessions held, the Committee drafted reporting guidelines that will allow it to begin its main function: reviewing all the reports adopted by States Parties to fulfill the obligations established by the Convention and documenting the progress made in this regard.
This Committee is part of the efforts being made by the High Commissioner for Human Rights to eliminate injustice, inequality, and discrimination, thereby creating a fairer society that meets the needs of all people equally, without distinctions.
The person responsible for opening the third session was Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner, who informed the team comprising the Committee about the launch of a Strategic Action Plan for 2010–2011. The plan includes a communications strategy to raise awareness of the existence of the procedure for submitting individual complaints under all international treaties.
Eighty countries have now ratified the Convention. France was the latest to do so, and as a result, the Committee will be expanded by six new experts, adding greater value to its work.
Next May, the Committee will conclude its session with a meeting with the States Parties, which will be required to submit their reports.
80 countries have now ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Last week, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a body of independent experts whose aim is to monitor implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, met in Geneva.
During the three sessions held, the Committee drafted reporting guidelines that will allow it to begin its main function: reviewing all the reports adopted by States Parties to fulfill the obligations established by the Convention and documenting the progress made in this regard.
This Committee is part of the efforts being made by the High Commissioner for Human Rights to eliminate injustice, inequality, and discrimination, thereby creating a fairer society that meets the needs of all people equally, without distinctions.
The person responsible for opening the third session was Ibrahim Salama, Director of the Human Rights Treaties Division of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner, who informed the team comprising the Committee about the launch of a Strategic Action Plan for 2010–2011. The plan includes a communications strategy to raise awareness of the existence of the procedure for submitting individual complaints under all international treaties.
Eighty countries have now ratified the Convention. France was the latest to do so, and as a result, the Committee will be expanded by six new experts, adding greater value to its work.
Next May, the Committee will conclude its session with a meeting with the States Parties, which will be required to submit their reports.
