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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)
PWDA played an ongoing important role in the development of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) between 2004 to 2006 by organising national consultations, consultations with members, attending sessions of the UN Ad Hoc Committee and supporting delegates to attend sessions of the UN Ad Hoc Committee.
Click the links below to read and learn more about PWDA's role:
2013 CRPD Shadow Report Project Group
PWDA is part of the NGO CRPD Shadow Report Project Group, made up of leading disability and human rights organisations, to provide an NGO perspective on Australia's implementation of the Convention. This Project Group receives significant pro bono support from DLA Phillips Fox and has undertaken consultations throughout Australia with the support of the Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (FaHCSIA).
CRPD Shadow Report Project Group in Geneva- April 2013
Representatives from the Australian Civil Society Parallel Report Group attend the 9th Session of the Committee to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in Geneva, Switzerland, 15–19 April 2013.
For reports and document relating to this representation at the United Nations click here
CRPD Shadow Report Communiques
NGO CRPD Shadow Report Communique – February 2013 3MB Word
NGO CRPD Shadow Report Communique – August 2011 3MB Word
NGO CRPD Shadow Report Communique – March 2011 3MB Word
2011: Durban, South Africa Disabled Peoples' International 8th World Assembly (10-13 October)
2010: Position paper: Accommodating Human Rights: a human rights perspective on housing and support for persons with disability
Word document 1.96kb | PDF document 450kb
2009: Everyone, everywhere: recognition of persons with disability as persons before the law
Word document 821kb | PDF document 363kb
External Websites
- www.disabilityrightsnow.org.au
- United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Australian Attorney General
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Australian Human Rights Commission
- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - United Nations
- UN Treaty Body Website: Watch the treaty body sessions live! - Visit this site to watch current and past sessions of different UN Treaty Bodies as they review the implementation of various Conventions in different countries
PWDA Publications
The E-Bulletin is a source of PWDA's internal news and developments in the disability sector at the state, national and international levels. It goes out to members and interested others regularly by email.
PWD E-bulletin #62, June 2010
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