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
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
Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol |
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Ratifications and Accessions |
Signatures |
| Convention |
77 |
144 |
| Optional Protocol |
48 |
87 |
| See the status of ratification of the Convention CRPD and its OP |
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