Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol Thereto

A/RES/66/229View PDF

Who adopted this document and its mandates?

A Resolution of the General Assembly, under agenda item 69a Implementation of human rights instruments, published in 2012.

What other versions does this mandate have?

5 versions · 2009–2016

This is an older version — the most recent is A/RES/70/145

Year	Symbol	Title	Word length	Text similarity
2016	A/RES/70/145	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	1,024	21%Compare
2013	A/RES/67/160	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	822	56%Compare
2012	A/RES/66/229	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	795	53%Compare
2010	A/RES/64/154	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	457	71%Compare
2009	A/RES/63/192	Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto	489	–

Which reports were submitted under this mandate?

5 reports · 2009–2017

Year	Symbol	Title	Mandate resolution
2017	A/72/227	Situation of women and girls with disabilities and the Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/70/145
2014	A/69/284	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/67/160
2012	A/67/281	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/66/229
2011	A/66/121	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/64/154
2009	A/64/128	Status of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol thereto report of the Secretary-General	A/RES/63/192

What subjects does this mandate have?

9 subjects

Buildings Management Coordination Within UN System Guidelines Human Rights Information Dissemination Persons with Disabilities Recruitment Signatures, Accessions, Ratifications Technical Cooperation

What’s in this document?

14 operative paragraphs

Welcomes the fact that, since the opening for signature of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesError: Reference source not found and the Optional Protocol thereto⁴ on 30 March 2007, one hundred and fifty-three States have signed and one hundred and six States have ratified the Convention and ninety States have signed and sixty-four States have ratified the Optional Protocol, and that one regional integration organization has ratified the Convention;

⁴Ibid., vol. 2518, No. 44910.

Calls upon those States that have not yet done so to consider signing and ratifying the Convention and the Optional Protocol as a matter of priority;

Welcomes the holding of the third and fourth sessions of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the work of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

Invites States parties to adhere to the page limit established by the Committee for reports of States parties, and notes that this would reduce the operating costs of the Committee;

Notes the ongoing process of reform aimed at strengthening the treaty body system, including the report of the Secretary-General on measures to improve further the effectiveness, harmonization and reform of the treaty body system,⁵ and invites the Committee, in the context of this strengthening process, to continue to enhance its working methods and efficiency, including by sharing good practices with other treaty bodies;

⁵A/66/344.

Decides to authorize for the Committee an additional week of meeting time per year to be used consecutive to an existing regular session, bearing in mind the requirements of the Committee for reasonable accommodation, and without prejudice to the ongoing process of reform aimed at strengthening the treaty body system;

Invites the Chair of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to present an oral report on the work of the Committee and engage in an interactive dialogue with the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh and sixty-eighth sessions, under the item entitled “Promotion and protection of human rights”, as a way to enhance communication between the Assembly and the Committee;

Welcomes the report of the Secretary-General⁶ and the activities undertaken in support of the Convention;

⁶A/66/121.

Encourages the Inter-Agency Support Group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to continue its work to mainstream the Convention throughout the United Nations system through its Strategy and Plan of Action, approved in 2010, and calls upon the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the Secretariat and the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights to continue strengthening their cooperation in this regard;

Invites the Secretary-General to intensify efforts to assist States to become parties to the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including by providing assistance with a view to achieving universal adherence;

Requests the Secretary-General to continue the progressive implementation of standards and guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services of the United Nations system, taking into account relevant provisions of the Convention, in particular when undertaking renovations, including interim arrangements;

Also requests the Secretary-General to take further actions to promote the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations system in accordance with the Convention, including the retention and recruitment of persons with disabilities;

Requests United Nations agencies and organizations, and invites intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, to continue to strengthen efforts undertaken to disseminate accessible information on the Convention and the Optional Protocol, including to children and young people to promote their understanding, and to assist States parties in implementing their obligations under those instruments;

Requests the Secretary-General to submit to the General Assembly at its sixty-seventh session a report on the status of the Convention and the Optional Protocol and on the implementation of the present resolution.

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