The provision of sign language interpretation was amongst topics broached by Experts of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as it considered the initial report of Albania on its implementation of the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with…

From 26 August to 20 September, the Committee will review the reports of Albania, Myanmar, Ecuador, India, Greece, Kuwait, Iraq, El Salvador and Australia Michelle Bachelet, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, today addressed the opening of the twenty-second session of the…

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…

Adopts Concluding Observations and Recommendations on Reports of Panama, Morocco, Montenegro, Latvia, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon concluded its eighteenth session, during which it reviewed the initial reports of Panama…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its seventeenth session after adopting concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Cyprus, Honduras, Iran, Jordan and the Republic of Moldova on how they…

GENEVA (26 April 2016) – The rights of two deaf people in Australia were violated when they were called up for jury service but then told they could not have the support they needed, in the form of sign language interpretation and real-time captioning, to participate in the proceedings, United…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its fifteenth session after adopting its concluding observations and recommendations on the reports of Chile, Lithuania, Portugal, Serbia, Slovakia, Thailand and Uganda on how they implement the provisions of the Convention on…

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded the examination of the initial report of Chile on its implementation of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Presenting the report, Heidi Berner Herrera, Under-Secretary for Social…