Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Azerbaijan, Costa Rica and Sweden The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its eleventh session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Azerbaijan, Costa Rica…

GENEVA (30 September 2013) - States should not prevent persons with intellectual disabilities from voting, nor make their inclusion on an electoral register dependent on capacity assessments, a UN Committee has said after examining the case of six Hungarians who lost the right to vote when they…

The conflict in Syria is resulting in persons with disabilities facing gross violations of their rights on a daily basis and they need to be afforded much greater protection, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has said. “Living in the midst of conflict…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Austria, Australia and El Salvador The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its tenth session, and adopted its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Austria, Australia…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Report of Paraguay The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its ninth session, adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial report of Paraguay. In closing remarks, Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes, the…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Reports of Argentina, China and Hungary The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its eighth session, issuing its concluding observations and recommendations on the initial reports of Argentina, China (including the Special…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its concluding observations and recommendations on the report of Peru (CRPD/C/PER/1) today after concluding its one-week seventh session on 20 April 2012. The Committee commended the State party for the written…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities released its concluding observations and recommendations on the report of Spain today after concluding its one-week sixth session on 23 September 2011. The Committee commended the State party for the written…

Adopts Concluding Observations on Initial Report of Tunisia The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its one-week fifth session after reviewing the initial report of Tunisia on how that country implements the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its fourth session, which was primarily devoted to the discussion of its procedures and working methods. The Committee met at the United Nations Office at Geneva from 4 to 8 October 2010. At the opening of its session…