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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Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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HTMLCountry4 Upcoming Events Upcoming session and pre session 21st session (11 March - 5 April 2019) Web links for accessible information: Captioning Accreditation: Registration to the 21st Session of CRPD is open under the following link. 11th pre session (8 -11 April 2019) Accreditation: Registration to the 11th pre Session of CRPD is open under the following link. Informative note for DPOs, CSOs, NHRIs and IMFs	HTMLCountry5 Recent Events and Developments 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 "International Day of Persons with Disabilities" (Flyer) Celebration of the International Day of Sign Languages. UNOG - programme of the day in PDF and CRPD - programme of the meeting in Word Celebration of the 10th years of activities of the Committee - Programme in English Word and Rapport in English Word Statements "Statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities calling States parties to oppose the draft Additional Protocol to the Oviedo Convention" - English \| French (Word) Joint statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and the Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), 29 August 2018 Statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the International Day of Sign Languages (Word) Statement by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Inclusion and full participation of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations in the implementation of the convention (Word) Joint Declaration by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions (Word) Statement on "Achieving gender balance and equitable geographical distribution in the elections of members of the Committee" 2018 election of Committee Members Results of the election of the members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to replace those whose terms are due to expire on 31 December 2018 (results available at the end of the webpage) General Comments General Comment No. 6 on Article 5: Equality and non-discrimination (Adopted 9 March 2018) Training OHCHR Training Package on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
HTMLCountry6 Latest News Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reviews the report of Vanuatu 22 March 2019 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities examines the report of Saudi Arabia 21 March 2019 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reviews the report of Senegal 20 March 2019 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities reviews the initial report of Rwanda 15 March 2019	HTMLCountry7 Ratifications and Reporting Status of ratification by treaty and by country Declarations and reservations World Maps on Ratifications Reporting status by country