F. Promoting ratification: roles of different actors
Executive
- Consult with line ministries
- Identify a focal point for ratification
- Hold a national consultation
- Review laws and policies
- Identify any gaps in protection
- Undertake a national interest analysis
- Make ratification a national objective
- Identify good practices in the region
- Request assistance from the United Nations
- Other steps?
Parliament
- Check if the Government intends to ratify
- Use parliamentary procedure to encourage ratification, such as questions to the minister
- Submit a private member's bill
- Encourage parliamentary debate
- Mobilize public opinion
- Discourage reservations and declarations
- Raise awareness of the Convention and the ratification process
- Encourage ratification of the Convention and its Optional Protocol
- More?
Civil society
- Form a coalition to support ratification
- Contact international civil society organizations
- Set out a timeline and lobbying strategy
- Launch a media awareness campaign
- Hold a national conference
- Develop and seek funding for a programme on ratification
- Meet representatives of parliament, line ministries, national human rights institution, etc.
- Raise ratification with the donor community
- Ask what the United Nations is doing
- More?
National human rights institution
- Undertake research on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Raise ratification in annual reports to parliament
- Issue press releases supporting ratification
- Raise awareness in the community
- Cooperate with DPOs on ratification
- Ensure own capacity related to the Convention
- More?
United Nations country team
- Discuss ratification with government partners
- Compile good practice from the region
- Raise awareness about the Convention
- Provide expert advice to the Government and civil society partners
- Provide technical assistance to national focal points and NHRIs
- Raise ratification with the international community
- Support ratification through media communications
- Develop a programme to support ratification
- Support and promote the participation of civil society organizations, in particular DPOs
- More?