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STRUCTURE AND TASKS OF FOCAL
POINTS
Focal Points’ activities – ideas for the
Finnish model
Working group suggestions
• Focal points:
- Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
- Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Disability organisation representative from the
coordination mechanism would take part in the focal
point’s tasks
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Working group suggestions
• Coordination mechanism:
- National Council on Disability
• Independent mechanism:
- National Human Rights Institution (Human Rights
Centre and its Human Rights Delegation and the
Parliamentary Ombudsman)
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Article 33 of the CRPD
- States Parties,
- in accordance with their system of organization, shall
designate
- one or more focal points
- within government
- for matters relating to the implementation of the present
Convention,
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Ministry of Social Affairs and Health
• Current tasks
• Close connection with the National Council on Disability
• Representation in the EU High Level Group on Disability
• Representation in the Council of Europe
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Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• Periodic reporting
• Follow-up to the concluding observations by the
Committees
• Representing the Government before the international
judicial and investigative bodies e.g. CRPD-committee in
the future
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Disability organisation representative
• Nominated from the coordination mechanism
• Article 4(3) of the CRPD: In the development and
implementation of legislation and policies to implement the present
Convention, and in other decision-making processes concerning
issues relating to persons with disabilities, States Parties shall
closely consult with and actively involve persons with disabilities,
including children with disabilities, through their representative
organizations.
• Takes part in the tasks of the focal point – in practice?
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Thank you!
Katja Fokin, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Unit for Human Rights
Courts and Conventions
[email protected]
[email protected]
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