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)

News update

Upcoming, ongoing:

1. High-Level meeting of the UN General Assembly on disability and development ( 23 September 2013)

2. 10^th session of the CRPD Committee (2-13 September 2013)

3. 6^th session of the Conference of States parties to the CRPD Convention (17-19 July 2013)

4. CRPD States Parties Reporting Status -Update ( April 2013)

Recent events:

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

6. DisabCouncil to hold a side event on persons with disabilities in Paraguay for the CRPD Committee (15 April 2013)

7. 9th session of the CRPD Committee (15-19 April 2013)

8. 6^th Interactive Debate of the Human Rights Council on "Work and Employment of Persons with Disabilities" (22^nd session HRC, 25 Feb- 22 Mar 2013)

9. Albania and Barbados ratify the CRPD Convention (February 2013)

10. Paraguay submits its Reply to the List of Issues of the CRPD Committee (January 2013) (Spanish text only)

11. Cambodia ratifies the CRPD Convention (December 2012)

12. International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December 2012)

13. "We Need to Bridge Gap Between Well-Meaning Commitments and Long Overdue Actions", Says UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in Message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed 3 December 2012 (27 November 2012)

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

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

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

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

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

19. Dominica and Malta ratify the CRPD Convention (October 2012)

20. 8^th session of the CRPD Committee (17-28 September 2012). The CRPD adopts Concluding Observations on the initial reports of Argentina, China and Hungary and the list of issues on the initial report of Paraguay.

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

22. Elections for half of the members (9) of the CRPD Committee (CSP, 12 September 2012, New York)

23. 5^th session of the Conference of States parties to the CRPD (CSP, 12-14 September 2012, New York)

24. 20^thsession of the Human Rights Council (OHCHR thematic study on the issue of violence against women and girls with disability) ( 18 June -6 July 2012)

25. The CRPD Committee adopts its first Views on an individual petition (Case of Ms. H.M. against Sweden) (April 2012)

26. The CRPD adopts the Concluding Observations on the report of Peru (April 2012)

27. The CRPD adopts Lists of Issues on the reports of Argentina, China and Hungary and schedules review of these reports for the 8^th session of the Committee in September 2012 (April 2012)!

28. DisabCouncil's Reporting Guidelines for National NGOs are now available (November 2011)!