UN disability rights committee to review Panama, Morocco,
Montenegro, Latvia, Luxembourg and the UK
GENEVA (10 August 2017)
– The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is meeting
in Geneva from 14 to 31 August 2017 to review the following countries: Latvia,
Luxembourg, Montenegro, Morocco, Panama, and the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland.
During the meetings in Geneva, Committee members will
hold dialogues with the respective State delegations. These will take place on
the following dates: Panama (15-16 August); Morocco (16-17 August); Montenegro
(17-18 August); Latvia (21-22 August); Luxembourg (22-23 August); UK (23-24
August). The Committee will also hear
from organisations representing persons with disabilities, NGOs and national
human rights institutions.
Venue: Room 17, Palais des Nations, Geneva.
Time: Each dialogue runs from 15:00 to 18:00 Geneva time
and continues the following day from 10:00 to 13:00. The public sessions will be webcast at
http://webtv.un.org/
The issues likely to be discussed, the States’ reports,
plus information from civil society organisations can be found here. The Committee
will publish its findings on the respective countries, known officially as
concluding observations, at this same link on 31 August 2017. A news conference
to discuss the findings is scheduled for 12:30 on 31 August at Palais des
Nations in Geneva.
ENDS
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What is the Convention on the Right of Persons with
Disabilities and why is it important?
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
is a human rights treaty negotiated by representatives of the international
community - including persons with disabilities, government officials,
representatives of nongovernmental organizations and others – designed to
change the way persons with disabilities are viewed and treated in their
societies.
Rather than considering disability as an issue of
medicine, charity or dependency, the Convention challenges people worldwide to
understand disability as a human rights issue. The Convention covers many areas
where obstacles can arise, such as physical access to buildings, roads and
transportation, and access to information through written and electronic
communications. The Convention also aims to reduce stigma and discrimination,
which are often reasons why persons with disabilities are excluded from
education, employment and health and other services.
There are around 1 billion persons with disabilities in
the world. They are often the poorest of the poor. The stigma and
discrimination they face are common in all societies. The Convention on the
Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an important tool for ensuring that
persons with disabilities have access to the same rights and opportunities as
everybody else.
The Committee, which has a mandate to promote and protect
the rights of persons with disabilities, is the international monitoring body
that oversees the implementation of the Convention by those States that have
ratified it.
More information on the CRPD:
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx
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