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Monitoring

Article 33 mandates that States must set up National Focal Points within the Government to implement and monitor the Convention. States must also set up some sort of independent monitoring mechanisms – which usually takes the form of an independent national human rights institution. The full participation of civil society, in particular persons with disabilities and their representative organisations is essential in the national monitoring and implementation process.

International monitoring is achieved via the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Conference of States Parties.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will have an eventual membership of 18 experts, (in accordance with article 34 of the Convention, the Committee shall, at the time of entry into force of the Convention, be composed of twelve experts. After an additional sixty ratifications or accessions to the Convention, the membership of the Committee shall increase by six, attaining a maximum number of eighteen members) who will serve for four year terms in their individual capacities rather than as government representatives. (The term of six of the first Committee members will expire after 2 years).

State Parties will provide reports to the Committee every two years after the Convention has entered into force. The reports will provide a comprehensive explanation on the progress made towards implementation of the Convention.

The members of the Committee shall serve in their personal capacity and shall be of high moral standing and recognized competence and experience in the field of disability. The members of the Committee shall be elected by secret ballot from a list of persons nominated by the States Parties from among their nationals at meetings of the Conference of States Parties. The initial election shall be held no later than six months after the date of entry into force of the present Convention.

Elected Members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

  • Mr. Monsur Ahmed Choudhuri (Bangladesh)
  • Ms. Amna Ali Al Suweidi (Qatar)
  • Mr. György Könczei (Hungary)*
  • Ms. Ana Peláez Narváez (Spain)
  • Mr. Cveto Ursic (Slovenia)*
  • Ms. Jia Yang (China)
  • Mr. Mohammed Al-Tarawneh (Jordan)
  • Mr. Ronald McCallum AO (Australia)*
  • Ms. María Soledad Cisternas Reyes (Chile)
  • Mr. Germán Xavier Torres Correa (Ecuador)*
  • Mr. Lotfi Ben Lallohom (Tunisia)*
  • Ms. Edah Wangechi Maina (Kenya)*

* These members’ terms shall expire at the end of two years.

Secretariat

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol are serviced by a joint Secretariat, consisting of staff of both the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA), based in New York, and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva. For further information please see the UN Enable website External Website

India is yet to set up a Secretariat/Focal Point within the Government for implementation and monitoring of UNCRPD.