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Thematic report on the role of international cooperation in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Background
The Human Rights Council in its resolution 13/11 requested the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights to prepare a study on the role of international cooperation in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that was presented at the 16th session of the Council in March 2011.
Summary
International cooperation is widely recognized as vital for ensuring that persons with disabilities can fully enjoy their human rights. The Convention expressly acknowledges this relationship, and obliges States parties to cooperate with other States and/or with relevant international and regional organizations and civil society including in:
- Building capacity, including through the exchange and sharing of information, experiences, training programmes and best practices;
- Research programmes and facilitating access to scientific knowledge; and
- Technical and economic assistance, including facilitating the use of accessible and assistive technologies.
The Convention affirms that not only do States parties have a role to play in fostering international cooperation to promote the rights of persons with disabilities, but civil society, including organizations representing persons with disabilities, and international and regional organizations, such as the United Nations specialized agencies, the World Bank and other development banks, and regional organizations, such as the European Commission and the African Union, do too.
Inputs received
In preparation of the study, OHCHR invited States and relevant stakeholders to present submissions by transmitting a set of questions related to existing legislation, policies and practices regarding the role of international cooperation in support of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. As a result, OHCHR received the responses listed below.
Member States
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Belarus (English | Russian)
- Belgium
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Brazil
- Canada (English | French) and Annex (English | French)
- Costa Rica
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Guatemala
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Kazakhstan
- Kyrgyzstan
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Nepal
- Republic of Moldova
- New Zealand
- Nicaragua
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Qatar
- Russian Federation
- Saudi Arabia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Sudan
- Sweden
- Thailand
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turkey
- Ukraine
- United Kingdom
Intergovernmental Organizations
- Council of Europe
- European Commission
- International Labour Office (ILO)
- United Nations Children�s Fund (UNICEF)
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
- United Nations Moldova
- World Health Organization
- World Intellectual Property Organization
National Human Rights Institutions
- Commission Consultative des droits de l'homme, Luxembourg
- Comision Nacional Derechos Humanos, Mexico
- Commission national consultative des droits de l'homme, France
- Defensoria del Pueblo, Paraguay
- Deutsches Institut f�r Menschenrechte, Germany
- Equal Opportunities Commission, Hong Kong
- Human Rights Commission, Canada
- Human Rights Commission, New Zealand
- Independent Monitoring Committee, Austria
- National Centre for Human Rights, Jordan
- National Human Rights Commission, India
- Ombudswoman for persons with disabilities, Croatia
- Procurador Nacional de Derechos Humanos, Guatemala
- Procurador�a de Derechos Humanos, Nicaragua
- Review of Special Education, New Zealand
NGOs and Civil Society Organizations
- AIFO - Associazione Italiana Amici di Raoul Follereau and DPI - Disabled Peoples International Italia, Italy
- CBM
- Federation of Disability Organisations, Australia
- G3ict
- International Disability Alliance
- International Disability And Development Consortium (IDDC)
- Investments Gone Wrong International Cooperation in Transition to Community Care, Serbia
- Light for the World, Austria
- Mental Disability Advocacy Center (MDAC)
- Women With Disabilities, Australia
- World Federation of the Deaf (WFD)
- Global Partnership for Disability and Development
Special Rapporteur on Disability