B. National independent mechanisms for implementation and monitoring

In addition to designating the above institutions, the Convention requires States to maintain, strengthen, designate or establish a framework to “promote, protect and monitor” the implementation of the Convention.

State parties may choose to set up specific disability mechanisms or assign the monitoring function to existing entities. Furthermore, article 33 does not prescribe a particular organizational form for the national monitoring framework and State parties are free to determine the appropriate structure for their political and organizational context.

Whatever the organizational structure, article 33 sets out three key requirements for the monitoring framework: