Disability Council International

Our submissions

>"Right to serve in the Army"

(Contribution to OHCHR study on 'work and employment of persons with disabilities', HRC 22^nd session, March 2013)

>Shadow report on Paraguay

(Contribution to CRPD 8^th & 9^th sessions, 17-28 Sept 2012; 15-19 April 2013)

>Supplementary shadow report on Paraguay (Contribution to the CRPD 9^th session, 15-19 April 2013)

> UN treaty body reform

(Contribution to a consultation with NGOs, Intergovernmental process on the strengthening of human rights treaty bodies, letter of 9 August 2012)

>Shadow report on Australia

(Contribution to the CRPD 9^th session, 15-19 April 2013)

>Our submission for the CRPD Day of General Discussion on "Women and Girls with Disability", (17 April 2013)

>Shadow report on El Salvador (Contribution to the CRPD 9^th

session, 15-19 April 2013)

Newsroom

1. POLICY STATEMENTS

>We Need to Bridge Gap Between Well-Meaning Commitments and Long Overdue Actions, Says UN Secretary-General in Message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (27 November 2012)

>More Work Needed to Build Inclusive, Accessible Societies, Says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (New York, 19 November 2012)

>UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the proclamation of the third Asian and Pacific Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2013-2022: "Empowering Persons with Disabilities Strengthens Human Solidarity for Everyone" (South Korea, 30 October 2012)

2. RATIFICATIONS

>Iraq ratifies the CRPD Convention (March 2013)

>Albania and Barbados ratify the CRPD Convention (February 2013)

>Cambodia ratifies the CRPD Convention (December 2012)

>Dominica and Malta ratify the CRPD Convention (October 2012)

>Israel, Poland and Russia ratify the CRPD Convention (September 2012)

3. CRPD AFFAIRS

>CRPD States Parties Reporting Status Update (April 2013)

>CRPD Committee concludes its 9^th session and schedules a meeting with States parties for September 2013 (19 April 2013)

>CRPD Committee concludes its 8^th session, and schedules day of general discussions on 'women and girls with disabilities' (28 September 2012)

>New 9 Members elected to the CRPD Committee (CSP, 9-12 September 2012)

4. CRPD CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS

*CRPD adopts Concluding Observations on the initial reports of
>Paraguay (April 2013)

>Argentina (September 2012)

>China (September 2012)

>Hungary (September 2012)

>Peru (April 2012),

>Spain (September 2011) and

>Tunisia (April 2011)

5. CRPD LIST OF ISSUES

*CRPD adopts the List of Issues on Australia, Austria and El Salvador (April 2013) and schedules the constructive dialogue with these States for the upcoming 10^th session (September 2013)

*CRPD schedules adoption of List of Issues on Azerbaijan, Costa Rica and Sweden for the upcoming 10^th session (September 2013)

6. OTHER TREATY BODIES

>The Committee against Torture shares the CRPD concerns at possible practices of ill-treatment against persons with disabilities in Peru (November 2012)

7. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

>UPR of Peru insists on the implementation gaps found by the CRPD Committee (November 2012)

>UPR of Argentina insists on the implementation gaps found by the CRPD Committee (October 2012)

8. OTHERS

>UN Special Rapporteur Rashida Manjoo: Report to the UN General Assembly on violence against women with disabilities (October 2012)

>OHCHR study on violence against women and girls, and disability (HRC, 20^th session, June 2012)

>Millennium Development Goals: a disability-inclusive development agenda towards 2015 and beyond (Report of the UN Secretary-General to the 67^th session of the UN General Assembly, October 2012)

Best practices

With the entry into force of of the CRPD Convention, states parties have started to implement its provisions with the aim of bringing visible changes in the life of persons with disabilities. Below are excerpts of some good practices developed by states.

Tunisia

Spain

Peru

Tunisia

"The Committee welcomes the amendment of article 319 of the Penal Code in 2010, which prohibits all forms of violence against children, regardless of who the perpetrator – including parents or tutors – may be."

(CRPD Concluding observations on the initial report of Tunisia, UN doc. CRPD/ C/TUN/C0/1, 13 May 2011, para.6)

Spain

"The Committee notes with satisfaction Act 51/2003 on equality of opportunity, non-discrimination and “universal accessibility” for persons with disabilities as well as its enabling regulations, in particular the royal decrees providing for basic standards of accessibility."

(CRPD Concluding observations on the initial report of Spain, UN doc. CRPD/C/ESP/CO/1, 19 October 2011, para. 5)

"The Committee commends the State party for establishing independent monitoring mechanisms in full compliance with article 33, paragraph 2, of the Convention."
(CRPD Concluding observations on the initial report of Spain, UN doc. CRPD/C/ESP/CO/1, 19 October 2011, para. 6)

"The Committee commends the State party for the high percentage (78.35 per cent) of enrolment of children with disabilities in the regular education system, and for the efforts made to maintain the funding for programmes for persons with disabilities in times of economic crisis. "

(CRPD Concluding observations on the initial report of Spain, UN doc. CRPD/C/ESP/CO/1, 19 October 2011, para. 9)

Peru

"The Committee notes with satisfaction the efforts made by the State party to implement the Convention through the adoption of laws, policies, plans and programmes, including the following:
Adoption of the Law 29535 on sign language..."
(CRPD Concluding observations on the initial report of Peru, UN doc. CRPD/C/PER/CO/1, 9 May 2012, para. 5(e))

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