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REPORTING REQUIREMENTS UNDER THE CONVENTION
CVETO URŠIČ, MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES and MINISTRY OF LABOUR, FAMILY AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SLOVENIA
RATIFICATIONS
UN: 147 Member States have signed CRPD 95 Member States have ratified CRPD
EU: All MS and EU have signed CRPD 22 MS have signed Optional Protocol 16 MS have ratified CRPD (AT, BE, CZ, DK, FI, FR, GE, HU, IT, LV, LI, PT,
SLK, SI, SP, SW, UK), EU SLOVENIA (SI) ratified CRPD in April 2008
EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Moldova, San Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
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SPECIFIC TASKS OF THE COMMITTEE – article 34
to review periodic reports on implementation of the Convention,
to receipt and exanimate individual communications (complaints) under the Optional Protocol,
to undertake inquiries in the case of reliable evidence of grave and systematic violations of the Convention
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REPORTING GUIDELINES
Guidelines on treaty – specific document to be submitted by state parties under the article 35, paragraph 1, of theCRPD
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx
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REPORTING GUIDELINES- Note by Secretary - General
3.States should consider the reporting process, including the process ofpreparation of their reports … as an opportunity …. of more efficient policy planning and implementation of the Convention. States Parties should encourage and facilitate the involvement of NGO’s including organizations of PWDs in the preparation of reports….The reports should contain an explanation of the procedure used to consult with civil society and in particular with representative organisations of PWDs and the measures taken to ensure that this process was fully accessible. 4.States Parties must recognize and respect the diversity of PWDs and ensure that their report is not generalized, but specific to different types of disability.
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STATE REPORTS – two parts
The common core document: General information on HR Non - discriminationThe treaty -specific document: Implementation , in law and in
fact – of article 1 to 33 of the Convention
2 Y e a r
STATE REPORTS The format: Not to exceed 60 pages Specific documents are limited to
40 pages
Initial reports Every article of the ConventionPeriodic reports
– periodic reports
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4 Y e a rs
London, April 2009
STATE REPORTS – the role of organisations of PWDs
Measures taken to involve PWDs and their representative organisations in the monitoring process and the preparations of the report
The value of information provided to Treaty bodies of NGO’s – they are strongly encouraged to submit their own information (The Poznan statement, 09- 2010)
– SHADOW REPORT
REPORTS – IN 2010
In 2010 Europe: AT, GE, HU, SP, SW, SI +
Croatia, San Marino UN: 44 reports (Argentina,
Austria, Hungary, Paraguay, Spain, Tunisia)
Shadow reports: Hungary, Tunisia
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Brussels, November 2010