1.3 Monitoring Disability Development and Other CRPD Obligations

Intended Audience: Persons with disabilities, Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs), Local Governments, Local NGOs, International NGOs, International governmental organizations (INGOs), Donor organizations (National, international)

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Please note: Credit must be given to the United States International Council on Disabilities and Rehabilitation International.

This module seeks to answer the following key questions:

  1. What is monitoring and how does it relate to Article 32?
  2. What is the obligation to report?
  3. What is the CRPD Reporting Cycle?
  4. What are the OPD Roles and Responsibilities in this process?

Important Resources

Reporting Guidance for Organizations of Persons with Disabilities (OPDs): Tips for Reporting Disability Inclusive Development and Implementation of Article 32 of the CRPD.

Reporting Guidance for State Parties: Tips for Reporting on Disability Inclusive Development and Implementation of the CRPD.

Human Rights. YES! Action and Advocacy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Part 3 (2d ed., 2012)

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Monitoring the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Guidance for Human Rights Monitors

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