What the Commission is doing to promote, protect and monitor implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
3 December 2009 - UN International Day of People with Disabilities
3 December was International Day of People with Disabilities. To mark the day, the Commission:
Our Disability Committee and work plan
The Commission's Disability Committee is a statutory committee, set up by an act of parliament, with duties to promote equality, human rights and good relations in respect of ‘disability matters’.
The Commission will carry out a number of specific actions to promote and monitor implementation of the Convention (UNCRPD) including:
- Producing guidance for disabled people and disabled people's organisations about what the Convention can mean to you in Spring 2010.
- Working with legal professionals and legal advisors to increase awareness and use of the Convention.
- Host events for disabled people and their organisations to develop understanding of the Convention and develop ways we can work together to implement the Convention in Britain. (See The Commission in Wales - United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities)
- Actively consider using our Inquiry powers to assess Britain’s compliance with and progress towards implementation of the Convention.
- Report to the UNCRPD Committee in June 2011.
Read on for further examples of the Commission’s work to promote the implementation of the Convention in Britain.
Get in touch
If you have any information you want to give us about the convention or have any questions about the work we’re doing (example guidance we’re providing), please contact us at UNCRPD@equalityhumanrights.com
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