L. What can different actors do to promote the Convention?

State actors

Organizations of persons with disabilities (DPOs)

Persons with disabilities and their representative organizations can play many roles in promoting the Convention, for instance:

Civil society organizations (other than DPOs)

Civil society organizations such as human rights or development NGOs have important roles to play in promoting and monitoring the Convention. They can:

National human rights institutions

National human rights institutions can:

United Nations country teams

United Nations country teams can also play a role in promoting the Convention and can:

The United Nations Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Multi-donor Trust Fund were established in 2011 to support United Nations-led programmes, principally at the country level, but also at the regional and global levels, relating to the Convention's ratification and implementation. The founding agencies were the International Labour Organization (ILO), OHCHR, the United Nations Department for Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO). 9