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Additional Opportunities for International Monitoring on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
In addition to the reporting process under the CRPD, States Parties and civil society organizations can expand the reach of the CRPD by including information on the implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities in reporting processes for other international human rights treaties or development frameworks. For example, information regarding the status of the rights of persons with disabilities can be included in reports prepared for:
- The Universal Periodic Review of the United Nations Human Rights Council;
- Additional United Nations human rights treaty bodies, such as the Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination against Women; the Committee on the Rights of the Child, and the Committee against Torture;
- Voluntary reports regarding efforts to achieve internationally-agreed development goals, as envisaged, for example, by the zero draft of the Sustainable Development Goals;
- All efforts to implement the outcome document of the United Nations’ General Assembly High-level Meeting on Disability and Development.