Transcript Views from inside the CRPD Committee Theresia Degener Let‘s get ready (for ratification !) Dublin, Ireland 17 May 2013 (DFI / CDLP conference)

Views from inside the CRPD
Committee
Theresia Degener
Let‘s get ready (for ratification !)
Dublin, Ireland 17 May 2013
(DFI / CDLP conference)
Agenda
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Becoming a party to the treaty
The CRPD Committee & how it monitors
The reporting cycle and issues of dialogue
The role of civil society
Outlook & example Japan
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1. Becoming a party to
the CRPD & OP
Two steps procedure
One step procedure
Accessions
Signatures
Ratifications
Or
Formal Confirmations
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Difference between signature and
ratification?
Signature:
Ratification:
Indication: state will take steps
to be bound
Legally binds state to
implement treaties subject to
valid rervations, declarations
and understandings
Obligation: refrain from
counteraction
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2. The CRPD Committee & how it
monitors
The CRPD Committee
• 18 treaty members
• CRPD: 130 parties (155 sign)
OP: 76 (91)
• 45 reports received, 50
overdue
• 7 States fully reviewed
• Meeting time: 5 weeks in
Geneva
– Backlog: 5 years!
Other agents
• 1 of 10 treaty bodies
• State Party Conference in
NYC
• National monitoring
systems
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Monitoring procedures & working
methods
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State Party Reports
Individual Complaints
Inquiry Procedures
Early Warning Measures
General Comments
Statements
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3. The reporting cycle and issues of
dialogue
State Report
List of Issues
Concluding
Observations
Response to
LOI
Constructive
Dialogue
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Issues in dialogue
• Human rights model of
disability
• Ending institutionalization
• Abolishing segregation
• Replacing substitute
decision making
• Freedom and equality for
disabled women
• Rights for disabled
children
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4. The role of civil society
Alternative
Report
State Report
List of Issues
Concluding
Observations
& Follow up
Recommendations
for LOI
Response to
LOI
Constructive
Dialogue
Recommendations for
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5. Outlook & example Japan
• Ratification is only the
beginning
• Implementation of
human rights is a process
• Meaningful participation
of civil society is crucial
• International Monitoring
needs to be
complemented by
effective national
monitoring
Ms Nagoya outside the Tokyo district court- the banner reads: I
have won the case
© 2013 Shima Keiko
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