UN disability rights committee to
review Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait,
and Myanmar
GENEVA (23 August, 2019) – The UN
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will meet in Geneva from
26 August to 20 September 2019 to review the situation of persons with
disabilities in the following countries: Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait, and Myanmar.
The above are among the 180 States
that have ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities,
and so are required to submit regular reports to the Committee, which is
composed of 18 international independent experts.
During the meetings in Geneva,
Committee members will hold dialogues with the respective State delegations.
They will also hear from organisations of persons with disabilities, NGOs,
national human rights institutions, and independent monitoring frameworks on
the human rights issues affecting people with disabilities and those close to
them.
The open, public sessions will be
held in Room XVII of the Palais des Nations, and a full programme of work is
available on-line.
The recommended hashtag for the
meeting is #CRPD22 and the sessions will be webcast live at
http://webtv.un.org.
More information, including reports
from the States under review and from civil society, are available on the
session Web page. Further information is also available regarding media accreditation.
The Committee is scheduled to
publish its findings on the respective countries, known officially as
concluding observations, here on Friday, 20 September 2019.
ENDS
Background
The Committee on the Rights ofPersons with Disabilities monitors States parties’ adherence to the Conventionon the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which to date has 180 States
parties. The Committee is made up of 18 members who are independent human rights
experts drawn from around the world, who serve in their personal capacity and
not as representatives of States parties. The Committee’s concluding
observations are an independent assessment of States’ compliance with their
human rights obligations under the treaty.
For media inquiries, please contact
the UN Human Rights Office Media Section at +41 (0) 22 928 9855 or by e-mail to
media@ohchr.org.
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