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The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, like the other United Nations human rights conventions, (such as the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women) resulted from decades of activity during which group rights standards developed from aspirations to binding treaties.
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a United Nations body of 18 experts that meets two times a year in Geneva to consider the reports submitted by 164 UN member states [nb 1] on their compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and to examine individual petitions concerning 94 States Parties [nb 2] to the Optional Protocol.
The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a side-agreement to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.It was adopted on 13 December 2006, and entered into force at the same time as its parent Convention on 3 May 2008. [1]
Under the UNCRPD, States have a number of obligations that are relevant in the context of climate change. [23] The UNCRPD specifically requires that State Parties "take into account the protection and promotion of the human rights of persons with disabilities in all policies and programs". [24]
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF A DOMESTIC WORKER: CARIBBEAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN AND THE CAMPAIGN FOR FAIR LABOR STANDARDS (with related Policy Recommendations) By ARLENE M. ROBERTS, ESQ.
A program was also launched on 3 December in India to serve the "differently-able" community of the country as an initiative called Accessible India Campaign under Article 9 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD).
(The Center Square) – Newly confirmed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is embarking on a tour of Central America to counter China's influence. The diplomatic tour will take Rubio to meet with ...
Commanders rookie cornerback Mike Sainristil — who had two key interceptions in the matchup — posted a video on his Instagram Story of Durant with the team postgame.