Dear all,
The CRPD Committee's list of issues adopted with respect to Mexico, Germany, Korea, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand and Ecuador. are now posted on its website (also attached).
Please see the compilation of information and documents from the Committee's 11th session and 1st pre-session below.
Kind regards,
Victoria
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CRPD Committee's 11th session (31 March- 11 April) and 1st pre-session (14-17 April)
The CRPD Committee's 11th session took place from 31 March to 11 April. During the first week of the 11th session, interactive dialogues were held with Sweden, Azerbaijan and Costa Rica. The Committee met in closed sessions to adopt the Concluding Observations on Sweden, Azerbaijan and Costa Rica, as well as the list of issues on Mexico.
During the second week, the Committee conducted public readings of the draft General Comments on Articles 12 and 9 respectively. On Tuesday 8 April, the Committee adopted its first ever general comment- General Comment no 1 on Article 12 (equal recognition before the law). And on Wednesday 9 April, the Committee adopted General Comment no 2 on Article 9 (accessibility). The Committee decided to establish an online database on implementation of supported decision-making under Article 12.
In addition, the Committee adopted its views with respect to two individual communications, Liliane Gröninger v Germany (no 2/2010) and X v Argentina (no 8/2012), as well as its Guidelines on participation of NHRIs, disabled persons' organisations and other civil society organisations (which will be shortly posted on the Committee's website).
All public sessions, including the opening, reviews of Sweden, Azerbaijan and Costa Rica and the public readings of the draft General Comments on Articles 12 and 9 were webcast live by IDA and have been archived for subsequent viewing.
Further, the following public side events were also webcast live and archived for subsequent viewing:
· Side event on World Autism Awareness Day organised by Autistic Minority International
· Side event on legal capacity organised by the World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry (WNUSP)
· Side event on advancing the rights of indigenous persons with disabilities co-organised by IDA, Disability Rights Advocacy Fund and the UN Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples (English & Spanish audio)
Following the 11th session, the Committee held its first pre-session week from 14-17 April during which it adopted list of issues on Germany, Korea, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand and Ecuador.
11th session and 1st pre-session related documents and information:
CRPD Committee
· 11th session and 1st pre-session website
· Programme of work of 11th session
· Concluding Observations on Sweden, Azerbaijan and Costa Rica
· List of issues on Mexico, Germany, Korea, Belgium, Denmark, New Zealand and Ecuador.
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