IDA Member Organizations
African Disability Forum, Arab Organization of Persons with Disabilities, Down Syndrome International, European Disability Forum, Inclusion International, International Federation of Hard of Hearing People, International Federation for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus, Latin American Network of Non-Governmental Organizations of Persons with Disabilities and their Families, Pacific Disability Forum, World Blind Union, World Federation of the Deaf, World Federation of the DeafBlind, World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

Compilationof UPR and Special Procedures Recommendations

on States under review before the

High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development

China

I.UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

Second cycle – December 2013 -A/HRC/25/5

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Introduce a comprehensive and inclusive national plan of action to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities, in accordance with international human rights law (Brazil);
  2. Continue actions to address the needs of persons with disabilities (Senegal);
  3. Continue its ongoing efforts to protect the rights of persons with disabilities through relevant laws and regulations (Brunei Darussalam);
  4. Continue the policy of strengthening guarantees of social and economic rights of citizens, in particular in the area of education, health care, social protection and labour, and give special attention to the vulnerable groups such as children, persons with disabilities and national minorities (Russian Federation)

II.SPECIAL PROCEDURES

  1. Working group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice

June 2014 - A/HRC/26/39/Add.2

Other languages: ERSAC

I.Continue and extend measures to empower women in vulnerable situations, particularly women in detention, refugee women, disabled women, women living with HIV/AIDS and lesbian, bisexual and transgender women and facilitate their participation in economic, social and political life;

2.Special Rapporteur on the Right to Education

November 2003 - E/CN.4/2004/45/Add.1

29. The Special Rapporteur recommends an urgent and clear affirmation of China’s human rights obligations, which pertain to all parts of the Government and encompass all rights of all people with disabilities, and the assignment of institutional and personal accountability for ensuring that these are translated into reality.

30. The Special Rapporteur recommends revising the definition of disability, and initiating comprehensive and sustained public education aimed at eliminating the underlying prejudices and stereotypes.

Colombia

I.UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

  1. Second cycle – July 2013 – A/HRC/24/6

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. […] strengthen its efforts in promoting the rights of persons with disabilities and to ensure their integration in the society (Algeria);
  2. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rightsof Persons with Disabilities (Guatemala)

Egypt

  1. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
  1. Second cycle – December 2014 – A/HRC/28/16

Other languages:ACEFRS

  1. Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Niger)
  2. Guarantee the rights of detainees with disabilities by providing them with separate detention facilities (Jordan);
  3. Ensure the enjoyment by people with disabilities of their rights while in detention premises (Myanmar);
  4. Continue to support people with disabilities to participate in decisions about their fundamental rights (Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of));
  5. Continue creating conditions for the participation of persons with disabilities in the country’s public life and in decision-making regarding matters concerning the implementation of their rights (Belarus);
  6. Strengthen national bodies responsible for ensuring the protection of persons with disabilities against all forms of violations and to promote their full integration into society (Côte d’Ivoire);
  7. Increase the opportunities for persons with disabilities to express their opinion (Kuwait);
  8. Continue efforts to guarantee the rights of persons with disabilities, and improve their social integration (Lebanon);
  1. First cycle – February 2010 - A/HRC/14/17

Other languages: ACEFRS

a.Continue effective policies aimed at ensuring rights of persons with disabilities through instruments that are in line with respective international conventions as well as by developing and implementing national programs (Kyrgyzstan);

b.Share with other countries its experience in the education of persons with disabilities and in providing them with employment (Qatar);

c.Provide human rights education and training to members of the police, security services, prison and detention staff and judiciary with specific focus on protection of human rights of women, children, national and other minorities, refugees and persons with disabilities and to ensure accountability of security and other state personnel for possible violations of human rights (Czech Republic);

d.Consider ratifying the Rome Statute, Optional Protocols to the International Covenant on civil and Political Rights, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discriminations against Women, the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Brazil)

II. SPECIAL PROCEDURES

1.Special Rapporteur on the human right to safe drinking water and sanitation

July 2010 - A/HRC/15/31/Add.3

(e) Adopt legislation which guarantees the right of access to information, including information relating to water and sanitation. This legislation should ensure that all have free access to information, in an easily accessible format, about their rights to water and sanitation, including remedies and complaint mechanisms available to them in case of problems. The legislation should also specify that information be available in languages spoken by the population concerned, and in a format which is accessible;

(o) Ensure that all people have access to information about their water and sanitation, including water quality, anticipated interruptions in supply, responsibilities and obligations assumed by the service provider, and health-related concerns;

Estonia

  1. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

1. Second cycle - January 2016 - A/HRC/WG.6/24/L.4

  1. Increase the number of measures for persons with disabilities to obtain appropriate jobs (Bahrain);
  2. Prepare, in consultation with persons with disabilities, a national strategy for the promotion and protection of rights of persons with disabilities in line with the CRPD and strengthen measures protecting persons with disabilities against discrimination, including through strengthening the Equal Treatment Act in this regard (Czech Republic);

2. First cycle - February 2011 – A/HRC/17/17

Other languages:ACEFRS

a. Review and revise the Code of Civil Procedure, as necessary, to ensure that persons with disabilities are not deprived of their right to vote on the basis of disability (Canada);

b. Ensure that prisoners with disabilities have access to health care and rehabilitation on the basis of informed consent (Slovenia);

c. Ensure that persons with intellectual and psycho-social disabilities are informed about criminal proceedings and charges against them, and enjoy the right to a fair hearing, and to adequate and effective legal assistance (Slovenia);

Finland

  1. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW
  1. Second cycle - July 2012 - A/HRC/21/8

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Advance its efforts to ratify CRPD (Namibia) / Actively consider ratifying CRPD (China) / Ratify and implement the CRPD, with active involvement of representatives of persons with disabilities (Slovenia) / Expedite the on-going internal proceedings and ratify the CRPD and its Optional Protocol enabling individual complaints (Portugal);
  2. Take effective legal and practical measures to eliminate all forms of discrimination and violence against women and children, in particular women and children with disabilities, immigrant and refugee women and children, and women and children from ethnic and religious minorities, especially Muslims and Roma (Iran);
  3. Pursue appropriate, efficient policies to eliminate the social exclusion of the most vulnerable groups, in particular mentally disabled children (SIC), immigrant and refugee children and children from ethnic minorities at schools (Slovakia);
  4. Establish a holistic legal and policy framework to guarantee the equal right of children with disabilities to access good-quality health-care services, public buildings and transportation (Iran);

France

I.UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

1. Second cycle - March 2013 – A/HRC/23/3

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Withdraw its reservation to article 29 of CRPD and engage in consultation with organizations of persons with disabilities to identify steps needed to implement the Convention (Slovakia);
  2. Intensify its efforts to enhance the protection of the rights of vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities, particularly women and children and speed up the accession to the Optional Protocol to the ICESCR (Iraq);
  3. Fight against the unemployment rate of people with disabilities, which still is three times higher than the average (Djibouti);

Georgia

I. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

1. Second cycle - January 2015 - A/HRC/31/15

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Consider ratifying […] the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Algeria) / Consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Mexico) / Consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (India) / […] intensify its efforts for the prompt ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Spain) / Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol (Kyrgyzstan) / Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Slovenia) / Ratify the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Austria) / Ratify and accede to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (China) / Speed up the process of national legislation and ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Serbia);
  2. Continue efforts in the field of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (Azerbaijan);
  3. Continue with its efforts to protect and integrate in the society all persons with disabilities (Ecuador);
  4. Increase the support to children with disabilities so that they can live in the community and avoid their institutionalization (Canada) / Increase support to children with disabilities to live in the community to avoid institutionalization (Denmark);Strengthen support to children with disabilities (Bangladesh); Adopt specific measures to improve effectively the situation of children living in the streets of big cities and children with disabilities (Algeria);
  5. Further efforts to promulgate and implement focused legislation, action-oriented strategies and implementation in accordance with the adopted international standards as regards gender equality and non-discrimination, advancement of persons with disabilities and fully fledged opportunities for ethnic minorities (Serbia);

2. Second cycle - March 2011 - A/HRC/17/11

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Consider ratifying […] the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Algeria);Consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Mexico);Consider ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (India);Continue efforts in the field of protection of the rights of persons with disabilities (Azerbaijan); Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol (Kyrgyzstan); Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Slovenia);Ratify the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Austria);Ratify and accede to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (China); […] intensify its efforts for the prompt ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Spain); Speed up the process of national legislation and ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Serbia);
  2. Continue with its efforts to protect and integrate in the society all persons with disabilities (Ecuador);
  3. Increase the support to children with disabilities so that they can live in the community and avoid their institutionalization (Canada);Increase support to children with disabilities to live in the community to avoid institutionalization (Denmark);Strengthen support to children with disabilities (Bangladesh); Adopt specific measures to improve effectively the situation of children living in the streets of big cities and children with disabilities (Algeria);
  4. Further efforts to promulgate and implement focused legislation, action-oriented strategies and implementation in accordance with the adopted international standards as regards gender equality and non-discrimination, advancement of persons with disabilities and fully fledged opportunities for ethnic minorities (Serbia);
  1. SPECIAL PROCEDURES
  2. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of internally displaced persons (Follow up)

June 2013 - A/HRC/26/33/Add.1

  1. New opportunities now exist for the adoption of an inclusive integrated approach for all waves of internally displaced persons in Georgia, in accordance with the international standards contained in the Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. The new opportunities include the proposed revised legislation on internally displaced persons; the realignment of the 2007 Action Plan for the Implementation of the State Strategy on Internally Displaced Persons with the proposed law; the onset of a new registration exercise for all internally displaced persons that should also profile their vulnerability and needs; and the formulation by the Government of inclusive policies in the fields of health, land, agriculture, education and employment-generating activities. In the latter connection, the Special Rapporteur recommends that the Government ensure that the new policies target internally displaced persons, including internally displaced persons with disabilities, so as to improve their livelihoods and combat their vulnerability in the country.

Germany

I. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

  1. Second cycle - July 2013 - A/HRC/24/9

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Continue its efforts to lower unemployment rate of persons with disabilities (Peru);
  2. Further strengthen its compliance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, by implementing the concept of reasonable accommodation recognized in Article 2, as well as paying a special attention to the needs of girls and women with disabilities (Spain);
  3. Extend legal requirements of barrier-free access for persons with disabilities to private entities that provide goods and services to the public (United States of America);
  4. Ensure nationwide access to barrier-free protection and support facilities for women with disabilities affected by violence (Austria);
  5. Provide effective protection and complaint mechanisms to persons with disabilities living in specialized centres (Austria);
  6. Continue its programmes for improving the social inclusion of children and youth with disabilities (Ecuador);

II.SPECIAL PROCEDURES

  1. Special Rapporteur on the human rights of Education

March 2007 - A/HRC/4/29/Add.3

89. Germany has extensive public education coverage and is one of the few countries which has raised the age of compulsory school attendance to 18. The country also has a high level of school attendance in all areas. There are, however, certain shortcomings, owing primarily to the complex structure of the educational system, mostly related to difficulties encountered by children in certain marginalized categories, such as children from lower social classes, of immigrant origin or with disabilities. This has the effect of making the educational system somewhat exclusive in nature.

91. (c) That an extensive national debate should be launched on the relationship between the educational systems currently in operation and the phenomena of exclusion and marginalization of schoolchildren, in particular those of immigrant origin or with disabilities. This debate should also consider the appropriateness of maintaining a two or three-track system;

93. (c) That Federal law and state law be reformed so as to ensure that they strengthen the obligation of the educational authorities to provide education to persons with disabilities;

(d) That efforts be made to promote the inclusion of schoolchildren with disabilities in the ordinary education system;

(e) That more persons with disabilities be trained as teachers;

(f) That, as a matter of urgency, a national inventory be compiled of the accessibility conditions of school buildings and plans drawn up for their reconstruction, so as to facilitate access by persons with disabilities

Madagascar

  1. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

1. Second Cycle - December 2014 - A/HRC/28/13

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Take the necessary steps to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), (Ghana) / Consider timely ratification of the major international human rights instruments, including the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) (Japan) / Ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Uruguay) / Continue to promote and protect the rights of vulnerable groups, especially through the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Brazil) / Consider ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, signed in 2007 (Gabon);
  2. Address the marginalization suffered by persons with disabilities in society, especially children and girls as regards employment, education, and the basic right of access to public buildings (Ghana);
  3. Implement a national strategy on the rights of persons with disabilities (South Africa).

2. First Cycle - February 2010 – A/HRC/14/13

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. To promptly ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol (Spain) (Argentina);

Mexico

  1. UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW

Second cycle - December 2015 – Resolution 25/7.

Other languages: ACEFRS

  1. Harmonize Mexican law with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (Paraguay)
  2. Review and assess how the rights of persons with disabilities, including mental disabilities, are guaranteed within prisons and establish a comprehensive training programme for law enforcement and prison staff to ensure effective implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities in detention facilities, including persons with mental disabilities (New Zealand)
  3. Take the measures required to raise awareness among the population of the rights of persons with disabilities and to guarantee the effective exercise of their rights (Tunisia)

II.SPECIAL PROCEDURES