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Meeting Summaries

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS DAY OF GENERAL DISCUSSION ON RIGHT TO EQUAL RECOGNITION BEFORE THE LAW

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today held a day of general discussion on Article 12 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the right to equal recognition before the law. After listening to introductory statements on this issue, the Committee broke...
Meeting Summaries

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES OPENS ITS SECOND SESSION

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning opened its second session, hearing an introductory statement by Ibrahim Salama, Chief of the Human Rights Treaty Branch, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, and adopting its agenda and programme of work. The...
Press Release

COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES CONCLUDES ITS FIRST SESSION IN GENEVA

The newest United Nations human rights treaty body, the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, today concluded its first session, which was held from 23 to 27 February at the Palais des Nations. At the end of the session, the Committee adopted its first declaration, in which it,...
Meeting Summaries

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES HOLDS FIRST MEETING

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities this morning held the first meeting of its first session, during which it heard a statement by the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights, after which the members of the Committee made a solemn declaration and discussed their agenda for...