The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the body of independent experts which monitors implementation of the Convention by the States Parties.

All States parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially within two years of accepting the Convention and thereafter every four years. The Committee examines each report and shall make such suggestions and general recommendations on the report as it may consider appropriate and shall forward these to the State Party concerned.

The Optional Protocol to the Convention gives the Committee competence to examine individual complaints with regard to alleged violations of the Convention by States parties to the Protocol.

The Committee shall meet in Geneva and normally hold two sessions per year.

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HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events 23rd session (09 - 27 March 2020) and 13rd pre-session (30 March - 03 April 2020) Informative note for OPDs, CSOs, NHRIs and IMFs 23rd session (9 - 27 March 2020) The deadline for written contributions and for requesting participation in a country briefing : 7 February 2020 For accreditation to the session, please click here 13th Pre-Sessional Working Group (27 March – 3 April 2020) Deadline for requesting participation in a country briefing : 6 March 2020 The deadline for written contributions : 20 January 2020	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments 22nd session (26 August - 20 September 2019) - Web links for accessible information: Captioning 12 Pre-Sessional Working Group (23 - 27 September 2019) General Comment 7 Article 4.3 and 33.3: Participation with persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention (Adopted 21 September 2018) Events Celebration of the International Day of Sign Languages on 19 September 2019. UNOG - programme of the day in PDF Celebration of the 10th years of activities of the Committee - Programme in English Word and Rapport in English Word
HTMLCountry6 Latest News UN disability rights experts issue findings on Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait, and Myanmar 24 September 2019 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities closes its twenty-second session 20 September 2019 Five UN human rights treaty bodies issue a joint statement on human rights and climate change. 16 September 2019 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reviews report of Australia 13 September 2019 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities examines the report of El Salvador 12 September 2019	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World Maps on Ratifications Reporting status by country