Transcript Diapozitiv 1 - Social security

REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
UNDER THE CONVENTION
CVETO URŠIČ, MEMBER OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS
OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES and MINISTRY OF LABOUR,
FAMILY AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS, SLOVENIA
Brussels, November 2010
RATIFICATIONS
UN:
 147 Member States have signed CRPD
 95 Member States have ratified CRPD
EU:
 All MS and EU have signed CRPD
 22 MS have signed Optional Protocol
 16 MS have ratified CRPD (AT, BE, CZ, DK, FI, FR, GE, HU, IT, LV, LI, PT,
SLK, SI, SP, SW, UK), EU
 SLOVENIA (SI) ratified CRPD in April 2008
EUROPE: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Moldova, San
Marino, Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine
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SPECIFIC TASKS OF THE COMMITTEE – article 34
 to review periodic reports on
implementation of the Convention,
 to receipt and exanimate
individual communications
(complaints) under the Optional
Protocol,
 to undertake inquiries in the case
of reliable evidence of grave and
systematic violations of the
Convention
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REPORTING GUIDELINES
Guidelines on treaty –
specific document to be
submitted by state
parties under the article
35, paragraph 1, of the
CRPD
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/C
RPDIndex.aspx
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REPORTING GUIDELINES- Note by Secretary - General
3.States should consider the reporting process, including the process of
preparation of their reports … as an opportunity …. of more efficient policy
planning and implementation of the Convention.
States Parties should encourage and facilitate the involvement of NGO’s
including organizations of PWDs in the preparation of reports….The reports
should contain an explanation of the procedure used to consult with civil
society and in particular with representative organisations of PWDs and the
measures taken to ensure that this process was fully accessible.
4.States Parties must recognize and respect the diversity of PWDs and ensure
that their report is not generalized, but specific to different types of
disability.
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STATE REPORTS – two parts
The common core document:
 General information on HR
 Non - discrimination
The treaty -specific document:
 Implementation , in law and in
fact – of article 1 to 33 of the
Convention
2Year
STATE REPORTS
The format:
 Not to exceed 60 pages
 Specific documents are
limited to 40 pages
Initial reports
 Every article of the
Convention
Periodic reports
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4 Y e a rs
STATE REPORTS – the role of organisations of PWDs
Measures taken to involve PWDs and
their representative organisations in
the monitoring process and the
preparations of the report
The value of information provided to
Treaty bodies of NGO’s – they are
strongly encouraged to submit their
own information (The Poznan statement, 09- 2010)
– SHADOW REPORT
London, April 2009
REPORTS – IN 2010
In 2010
 Europe: AT, GE, HU, SP, SW, SI +
Croatia, San Marino
 UN: 44 reports (Argentina,
Austria, Hungary, Paraguay, Spain,
Tunisia)
Shadow reports:
 Hungary, Tunisia
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
Brussels, November 2010