>"Right to serve in the Army"

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

 

 

>Inclusive Technology Can Aid Persons with Disabilities in Reaching Their Potential, says UN Secretary-General in Message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (28 November 2014)

 

>Inclusion Critical for Equal Participation and Contribution of Persons with Disabilities, says UN Secretary-General in Message to Asia-Pacific Countries on Initiative for Persons with Disabilities(10 November 2014)

 

>Disability is Part of the Human Condition, says UN Secretary-General at UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on Disability and Development (23 September 2013)

 

>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)

 

2. RATIFICATIONS

 

>Congo, Guinea-Bissau and Guyana ratify the CRPD Convention (September 2014)

 

>Grenada ratifies the CRPD Convention (August 2014)

 

 >Angola and Burundi accede/ratify the CRPD Convention (May 2014)

 

>Palestine and Switzerland accede the CRPD Convention (April 2014)

 

>Andorra and Georgia ratify the CRPD Convention (March 2014)

 

>Côte d'Ivoire and Japan ratify the CRPD Convention (January 2014)

 

>Tuvalu accedes the CRPD Convention (December 2013)

 

>Kiribati, Papua New Guinea, Venezuela and Zimbabwe accede/ratify the CRPD Convention (September 2013)

 

>Kuwait accedes the CRPD Convention (August 2013) 

 

>Singapore ratifies the CRPD Convention (July 2013)

 

>Norway and Palau ratify the CRPD Convention (June 2013)

 

>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)

 

 

 3. CRPD AFFAIRS

>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, 10-12 June 2014)

 

 

>CRPD adopts Concluding Observations on the initial reports of

>Belgium (September 2014)

>Denmark (September 2014)

>Ecuador (September 2014)

>Mexico (September 2014)

>New Zealand (September 2014)

>Argentina (September 2012)

>China (September 2012)

>Hungary (September 2012) 

>Peru (April 2012),

>Spain (September 2011) and

>Tunisia (April 2011)

 

 

>CRPD adopts the List of Issues on Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Mongolia, Turkmenistan (September 2014) and on  Germany (April 2014), and schedules the constructive dialogue with these States for the upcoming 13^th session (25 March-17 April 2015)

>CRPD schedules adoption of List of Issues on Brazil, Gabon, Kenya, Mauritius, Qatar, Ukraine and the European Union for the upcoming 13^th session and subsequent meeting of the pre- session working group (25 March-24 April 2015)

 

 

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

 

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

 

>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)