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)

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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)

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