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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets two times a year in Geneva to consider the reports submitted by 164 UN member states on their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and to examine individual petitions concerning 94 States Parties to the Optional Protocol.
The committee is one of ten UN human rights treaty bodies, each responsible for overseeing the implementation of a particular treaty. The Human Rights Committee, the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women, and the Committee on the Rights of the Child are among the other United Nations treaty bodies.
UN member states that have ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol have agreed to allow persons within their jurisdiction to submit complaints to the Committee requesting a determination whether provisions of the Convention have been violated.
All states parties are required to submit regular reports to the Committee outlining the legislative, judicial, policy and other measures they have taken to implement the rights affirmed in the convention. The first report is due within two years of ratifying the convention; thereafter reports are due every four years. The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the state party in the form of "concluding observations".
The members of the committee, who must be "of high moral standing and recognized competence and experience in the field covered by the present Convention", are elected by the member states on an individual basis or "personal capacity", not as representatives of their countries. CRPD Article 34 also mandates "balanced gender representation" and "participation of experts with disabilities." They serve four-year terms, with one-half of their number elected every second year.
The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights assists the work of the committee, and maintains a website with links to all documentation considered by the committee, and documents issued by the committee, such as concluding observations on state reports.
History
Following the Convention coming into force on 3 May 2008, the initial membership of the committee was elected by secret ballot at the first Conference of States' Parties to the convention on 3 November 2008 in New York. The first chair, elected at the first session in February 2009, was Mohammed Al-Tarawneh, who was succeeded in February 2010 by Ron McCallum. The current[when?] chair is Rosemary Kayess of Australia, whose term lasts until the end of 2022.
The Committee initially consisted of 12 members, however once the Convention achieved 80 ratifications the Committee expanded to 18 members. Half of members were elected for two-year terms and half elected for four years. Since then, members have been elected for four-year terms, with half the members elected every two years by the Conference of States Parties.
Membership
The membership of the committee is as follows (as of June 2022):
| Name | State | Term expires |
|---|---|---|
| Muhannad Salah Al-Azzeh |  Jordan | 2026 |
| Rosa Idalia Aldana Salguero |  Guatemala | 2024 |
| Rehab Mohammed Boresli |  Kuwait | 2026 |
| Abdelmajid Makni |  Morocco | 2024 |
| Gerel Dondovdorj |  Mongolia | 2024 |
| Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos – Rapporteur |  Panama | 2024 |
| Odelia Fitoussi - Vice Chair |  Israel | 2024 |
| Amalia Gamio Rios – Vice Chair |  Mexico | 2026 |
| Laverne Jacobs |  Canada | 2026 |
| Samuel Njuguna Kabue |  Kenya | 2024 |
| Rosemary Kayess – Vice Chair |  Australia | 2026 |
| Miyeon Kim |  South Korea | 2026 |
| Alfred Kouadio KOUASSI |  Ivory Coast | 2026 |
| Sir Robert Martin |  New Zealand | 2024 |
| Floyd Morris |  Jamaica | 2024 |
| Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame - Chairperson |  Ghana | 2026 |
| Markus Schefer |  Switzerland | 2026 |
| Saowalak Thongkuay |  Thailand | 2024 |
Review of Parties' Periodic Reports
The Parties to the convention are to submit periodic reports to the committee. Before the report is due, the Committee provides a List of Issues, created with input from civil society. Often a "shadow report" will be submitted by non-government organizations (NGOs). Ultimately, the Committee agrees on a set of Concluding Observations. As described in the CRPD's Article 35, parties' reports should describe "measures taken to give effect to its obligations under the ... Convention and ... the progress made in that regard" and may also describe "factors and difficulties" affecting their fulfilment of Convention obligations. Similar to the record of other human rights bodies, most reports have been submitted late, some not at all.
In 2013, the Committee issued Simplified Reporting Procedures. The committee's intent was not only to assist states parties, but also to foster interest from and participation by persons with disabilities, national monitoring groups, and human rights organizations.
General Comments
The committee has issued eight General Comments, intended to offer interpretation of CRPD provisions that will be useful for states in preparing their periodic reports. These are:
| Comment | CRPD Article | Subject | Date Adopted |
|---|---|---|---|
| General Comment No 1 | Article 12 | Equal recognition before the law | 11 April 2014 |
| General Comment No 2 | Article 9 | Accessibility | 11 April 2014 |
| General Comment No 3 | Article 6 | Women and girls with disabilities | 26 August 2016 |
| General Comment No 4 | Article 24 | Right to inclusive education | 26 August 2016 |
| General Comment No 5 | Article 19 | Right to independent living | 31 August 2017 |
| General Comment No 6 | Article 5 | Equality and non-discrimination | 9 March 2018 |
| General Comment No 7 | Article 4.3 and 33.3 | Participation with persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention | 21 September 2018 |
| General Comment No 8 | Article 27 | Right of persons with disabilities to work and employment | 9 September 2022 |
Two examples of General Comments that attracted experts and organizations' analysis, with areas of agreement and of disagreement were General Comment No. 4 on CRPD Article 24, the right to inclusive education, and General Comment No. 6 on CRPD Article 5, the right to equality and non-discrimination. In the 2016 deliberations, several organizations argued unsuccessfully that a "sensory exception" to inclusive education would not risk perpetuating harmful practices of school segregation. In the 2018 deliberations, some experts and organizations debated which kinds of employment policies would most effectively address disability discrimination.
Notes
- As of March 2015. "UN Treaty Collection: parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: List of parties". United Nations. Archived from the original on 19 August 2012. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- As of March 2015. "UN Treaty Collection: Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: List of parties". United Nations. Archived from the original on 13 January 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
- All terms expire on 31 December of the year shown. "Membership". United Nations. 17 November 2023.
References
- "Human Rights Bodies". UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 35.
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Article 34.
- "OHCHR | Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". www.ohchr.org. Retrieved 11 August 2020.
- "The Convention in brief: Entry into Force". UN Enable. Retrieved 28 June 2008.
- "CRPD Committee". Disability Council International. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
- "Article 34 - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | United Nations Enable". www.un.org. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. "Membership of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities". Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. UN OHCHR. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- "Article 35 - Reports by States Parties | United Nations Enable". www.un.org. Retrieved 28 August 2020.
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a commentary. Bantekas, Ilias,, Stein, Michael Ashley,, Anastasiou, Dēmētrēs (First ed.). Oxford, United Kingdom. 2018. p. 1044. ISBN 978-0-19-881066-7. OCLC 1041925625.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link) - Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. "General Comments". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights. Retrieved 17 November 2023.
- Byrne, Bronagh (6 August 2019). "How inclusive is the right to inclusive education? An assessment of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities' concluding observations". International Journal of Inclusive Education. 26 (3): 301–318. doi:10.1080/13603116.2019.1651411. ISSN 1360-3116. S2CID 201403809.
- Atrey, S., Fredman, S., Campbell, M., Samtani, S., Brickhill, J., & Ramalekana, N. (2017, Nov 30). Achieving Transformative Equality for Persons with Disabilities: Submission to the CRPD Committee for General Comment No.6 on Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Manuscript submitted for publication. Oxford Human Rights Hub.http://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/publications/sandra-fredman-meghancampbell-shreya-atrey-jason-brickhill-sanya-samtani-and-nomfundoramalenka-achieving-transformative-equality-for-persons-withdisabilities-submission-to-the-committee-o/ Retrieved 30 August 2020.
External links
- Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- Members of the Committee
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The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets two times a year in Geneva to consider the reports submitted by 164 UN member states on their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD and to examine individual petitions concerning 94 States Parties to the Optional Protocol The committee is one of ten UN human rights treaty bodies each responsible for overseeing the implementation of a particular treaty The Human Rights Committee the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women and the Committee on the Rights of the Child are among the other United Nations treaty bodies UN member states that have ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol have agreed to allow persons within their jurisdiction to submit complaints to the Committee requesting a determination whether provisions of the Convention have been violated All states parties are required to submit regular reports to the Committee outlining the legislative judicial policy and other measures they have taken to implement the rights affirmed in the convention The first report is due within two years of ratifying the convention thereafter reports are due every four years The Committee examines each report and addresses its concerns and recommendations to the state party in the form of concluding observations The members of the committee who must be of high moral standing and recognized competence and experience in the field covered by the present Convention are elected by the member states on an individual basis or personal capacity not as representatives of their countries CRPD Article 34 also mandates balanced gender representation and participation of experts with disabilities They serve four year terms with one half of their number elected every second year The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights assists the work of the committee and maintains a website with links to all documentation considered by the committee and documents issued by the committee such as concluding observations on state reports HistoryFollowing the Convention coming into force on 3 May 2008 the initial membership of the committee was elected by secret ballot at the first Conference of States Parties to the convention on 3 November 2008 in New York The first chair elected at the first session in February 2009 was Mohammed Al Tarawneh who was succeeded in February 2010 by Ron McCallum The current when chair is Rosemary Kayess of Australia whose term lasts until the end of 2022 The Committee initially consisted of 12 members however once the Convention achieved 80 ratifications the Committee expanded to 18 members Half of members were elected for two year terms and half elected for four years Since then members have been elected for four year terms with half the members elected every two years by the Conference of States Parties MembershipThe membership of the committee is as follows as of June 2022 Name State Term expires Muhannad Salah Al Azzeh Jordan 2026 Rosa Idalia Aldana Salguero Guatemala 2024 Rehab Mohammed Boresli Kuwait 2026 Abdelmajid Makni Morocco 2024 Gerel Dondovdorj Mongolia 2024 Vivian Fernandez de Torrijos Rapporteur Panama 2024 Odelia Fitoussi Vice Chair Israel 2024 Amalia Gamio Rios Vice Chair Mexico 2026 Laverne Jacobs Canada 2026 Samuel Njuguna Kabue Kenya 2024 Rosemary Kayess Vice Chair Australia 2026 Miyeon Kim South Korea 2026 Alfred Kouadio KOUASSI Ivory Coast 2026 Sir Robert Martin New Zealand 2024 Floyd Morris Jamaica 2024 Gertrude Oforiwa Fefoame Chairperson Ghana 2026 Markus Schefer Switzerland 2026 Saowalak Thongkuay Thailand 2024Review of Parties Periodic ReportsThe Parties to the convention are to submit periodic reports to the committee Before the report is due the Committee provides a List of Issues created with input from civil society Often a shadow report will be submitted by non government organizations NGOs Ultimately the Committee agrees on a set of Concluding Observations As described in the CRPD s Article 35 parties reports should describe measures taken to give effect to its obligations under the Convention and the progress made in that regard and may also describe factors and difficulties affecting their fulfilment of Convention obligations Similar to the record of other human rights bodies most reports have been submitted late some not at all In 2013 the Committee issued Simplified Reporting Procedures The committee s intent was not only to assist states parties but also to foster interest from and participation by persons with disabilities national monitoring groups and human rights organizations General CommentsThe committee has issued eight General Comments intended to offer interpretation of CRPD provisions that will be useful for states in preparing their periodic reports These are Comment CRPD Article Subject Date Adopted General Comment No 1 Article 12 Equal recognition before the law 11 April 2014 General Comment No 2 Article 9 Accessibility 11 April 2014 General Comment No 3 Article 6 Women and girls with disabilities 26 August 2016 General Comment No 4 Article 24 Right to inclusive education 26 August 2016 General Comment No 5 Article 19 Right to independent living 31 August 2017 General Comment No 6 Article 5 Equality and non discrimination 9 March 2018 General Comment No 7 Article 4 3 and 33 3 Participation with persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention 21 September 2018 General Comment No 8 Article 27 Right of persons with disabilities to work and employment 9 September 2022 Two examples of General Comments that attracted experts and organizations analysis with areas of agreement and of disagreement were General Comment No 4 on CRPD Article 24 the right to inclusive education and General Comment No 6 on CRPD Article 5 the right to equality and non discrimination In the 2016 deliberations several organizations argued unsuccessfully that a sensory exception to inclusive education would not risk perpetuating harmful practices of school segregation In the 2018 deliberations some experts and organizations debated which kinds of employment policies would most effectively address disability discrimination NotesAs of March 2015 UN Treaty Collection parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities List of parties United Nations Archived from the original on 19 August 2012 Retrieved 26 March 2015 As of March 2015 UN Treaty Collection Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities List of parties United Nations Archived from the original on 13 January 2016 Retrieved 26 March 2015 All terms expire on 31 December of the year shown Membership United Nations 17 November 2023 References Human Rights Bodies UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Retrieved 1 August 2020 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 35 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 34 OHCHR Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities www ohchr org Retrieved 11 August 2020 The Convention in brief Entry into Force UN Enable Retrieved 28 June 2008 CRPD Committee Disability Council International Archived from the original on 14 August 2015 Retrieved 27 March 2015 Article 34 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities United Nations Enable www un org Retrieved 28 August 2020 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Membership of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities UN OHCHR Retrieved 10 August 2020 Article 35 Reports by States Parties United Nations Enable www un org Retrieved 28 August 2020 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities a commentary Bantekas Ilias Stein Michael Ashley Anastasiou Demetres First ed Oxford United Kingdom 2018 p 1044 ISBN 978 0 19 881066 7 OCLC 1041925625 a href wiki Template Cite book title Template Cite book cite book a CS1 maint location missing publisher link CS1 maint others link Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities General Comments Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Retrieved 17 November 2023 Byrne Bronagh 6 August 2019 How inclusive is the right to inclusive education An assessment of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities concluding observations International Journal of Inclusive Education 26 3 301 318 doi 10 1080 13603116 2019 1651411 ISSN 1360 3116 S2CID 201403809 Atrey S Fredman S Campbell M Samtani S Brickhill J amp Ramalekana N 2017 Nov 30 Achieving Transformative Equality for Persons with Disabilities Submission to the CRPD Committee for General Comment No 6 on Article 5 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Manuscript submitted for publication Oxford Human Rights Hub http ohrh law ox ac uk publications sandra fredman meghancampbell shreya atrey jason brickhill sanya samtani and nomfundoramalenka achieving transformative equality for persons withdisabilities submission to the committee o Retrieved 30 August 2020 External linksCommittee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Members of the Committee Portals PoliticsSwitzerland