The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-fifth session online, hearing from the Director of the Human Rights Council and Treaty Mechanisms Division at the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, who was grateful to the Committee for its…

  Le Comité des droits des personnes handicapées a clos cet après-midi les travaux de sa vingt-quatrième session, qui se tenait en ligne depuis le 8 mars dernier sous la présidence de Mme Rosemary Kayess. Pendant cette session, le Comité a notamment examiné le rapport initial de l’Estonie au…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its review of the initial periodic report of Estonia on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Committee Experts noted that people with restricted legal capacity had been…

  Elects Rosemary Kayess as Chairperson   The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon opened its twenty-fourth online session, hearing solemn declarations by seven new Committee members, electing its Chair and Bureau, and adopting its agenda and programme of…

  The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-third virtual session. Amalia Gamio Rios, Rapporteur of the Committee, presenting a summary of the draft report of the twenty-third session of the Committee, said the Committee, among others, had…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on the Reports of Albania, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Greece, Kuwait, Iraq, El Salvador and Australia The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today closed its twenty-second session after adopting concluding observations and…

Situation of Ethnic and Religious Minorities with Disabilities, and Efforts to Increase the Number of Children with Disabilities in Inclusive and Mainstream Education also Raised The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning concluded its consideration of the initial…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Cuba, Niger, Norway, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Turkey and Vanuatu The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its twenty-first session after adopting its concluding observations…

Adopts General Comment N°7 on the participation of persons with disabilities in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention, and the Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Seven States The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Haiti, Nepal, Oman, Sudan, Slovenia, Seychelles and Russia The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its nineteenth session, during which it reviewed the initial reports of Haiti, Nepal, Oman…