Highlights

OHCHR study on the structure and role of national mechanisms for the implementation and monitoring of the CRPD is available in advance edited version in Word and PDF

3 December 2009 - International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Open-ended consultation on National Frameworks for the Implementation and Monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Monday 26 October 2009; Geneva, Palais des Nations, Room VII

Day of general discussion on article 12 of the CRPD - The right to equal recognition before the law to take place in Geneva on 21 October

Joint statement on the occasion of the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture

First session of the Committee on the Rights of persons with Disabilities to convene in Geneva from 23 to 27 February 2009

Human Rights Council to discuss the human rights of persons with disabilities on 6 March 2009

• The human rights dimension of disability
• The United Nations action in the field of disability
• OHCHR's mandate