UN Disability Convention Committee meeting to review EU disability commitments

When
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Where
Geneva
Switzerland
Organised By
UN CRPD Committee
External event
FRA will take part in a CRPD Committee review meeting from 10 to 12 March in Geneva of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). FRA is a member of the EU’s CRPD Monitoring Framework.

The committee was established under the CRPD to monitor the implementation of the Convention. States Parties to the Convention are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights of people with disabilities are being implemented. 

The EU is a party to the Convention since 2010. 

FRA will present its findings and data on people with disabilities and make recommendations for the EU Disability Strategy’s next phase of implementation and for future policy work in the area. 

The review session will be livestreamed.