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 Online CRPD 23rd session (17 August to 4 September 2020). (informative note) Due to COVID-19, all constructive dialogues with the States parties scheduled for this session have been postponed to future sessions. The deadline for submissions of alternative reports from civil society stakeholders for countries of the 23rd session is also postponed until further notice. Online 14th Pre-Sessional Working Group (7 - 18 September 2020) (informative note) The deadline for written contributions is 17 July 2020. More information on the dates and modalities for participation of stakeholders coming soon. DEADLINE EXTENSION: Nomination of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities moved to 1 October 2020. Per decision of the Bureau of the Conference of States parties (COSP) on 20 March 2020, the 13th session of the COSP is tentatively scheduled to take place at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, in the second week of December 2020, during which the election of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with disabilities will be conducted. As a result, the deadline for nomination of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is extended to 1 October 2020. Dates to be confirmed taking account of the ongoing situations of the COVID-19 in the world and the host city New York.	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments “COVID-19 and the human rights of persons with disabilities” - Statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Adopted the 9 June 2020 Inquiry concerning Hungary carried out by the Committee under article 6 of the Optional Protocol to the Convention and Observations from the State party 13 Pre-Sessional Working Group (30 March – 3 April 2020) 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 Work of human rights treaty bodies at risk, warn UN Committee Chairs 4 August 2020 Hungary: UN experts urge end to restrictions on persons with disabilities 16 April 2020 Joint Statement: Persons with Disabilities and COVID-19 by the Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on behalf of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General on Disability and Accessibility 1 April 2020 UN Disability Rights Committee to review Bangladesh, Estonia, Venezuela, Lao People’s Republic, Djibouti and Hungary 4 March 2020 UN disability rights experts issue findings on Albania, Australia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Greece, India, Iraq, Kuwait, and Myanmar 24 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