Additional Resources - UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
last updated 12 June 2013
 
Additional Resources on the Complaint Procedure
The text of the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides additional information on the complaint procedure.
 
Further explanations of the United Nations complaint procedures, including guidelines for submission, are available on the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights website  and on the Committee’s website (petitions).
 
Additional Resources on the Reporting Procedure
The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities webpage includes text of the Convention and Optional Protocol, status of ratification, reservations and declarations, general recommendations, and the calendar of sessions, which includes State party reports, lists of issues, and NGO shadow reports.
 
The International Disability Alliance also provides updated information on concluding observations and recommendations of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as other human rights treaty bodies.
 
The Disability Council International provides “A Practical Guide for NGOs” to support NGOs in preparing shadow reports to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
 
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published Working with the United National Human Rights Programme: A Handbook for Civil Societyin 2008, which provides general information on engaging with all UN human rights bodies and mechanisms.
 
Additional information on writing and using shadow reports strategically, as well as a sample of past NGO reports, can be found in the Human Rights Reporting section of this website.