The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today opened its twenty-eighth session, during which it would review the reports of Angola, Argentina, Georgia, Peru, Togo and Tunisia. In her...

GENEVA (6 March 2023) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Angola, Georgia, Tunisia, Peru, Argentina and Togo in its latest session from today to 24 March...

GENEVA (2 December 2022) – Persons with disabilities, particularly children, are too often left behind in situations of armed conflict and experience serious risks and challenges to flee, protect...

GENEVA (7 October 2022) – UN human rights experts* are gravely concerned about the thousands of Ukrainian children with disabilities who were living in residential institutions and have been evacuated...

GENEVA (5 October 2022) – In a pioneering case, the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities has found that Italy’s failure to provide individualised support services to a family of...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this afternoon closed its twenty-seventh session after adopting its concluding observations on the reports of Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong...

GENEVA (9 September 2022) - The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) on Friday issued its country reviews on Bangladesh, China*, Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Lao...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Purpose and process These guidelines complement the Committee’s general comment No. 5 (2017) and its guidelines on the right to liberty and...

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Introduction The aim of the present general comment is to clarify the obligations of States parties regarding the right to work and employment as...

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Singapore on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with...