Abstract
The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2006 to encourage the development of international and domestic legal protections for people with disabilities. Over the past sixteen years, 184 countries have ratified the CRPD, and more than one hundred countries have submitted their country reports to the CRPD Committee for review. The Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) recently released a set of human rights indicators to measure states parties’ progress toward compliance with the CRPD. This essay discusses the potential benefits and limitations of the new CRPD Indicators. Despite their limitations, the CRPD Indicators may become an important catalyst for states parties’ compliance with the CRPD as well as a way to substantiate claims of violations of international, regional, and domestic law and crimes against humanity, such as those discussed in the lead article, Disability, Human Rights Violations, and Crimes Against Humanity.
Highlights
The CRPD Indicators may become an important catalyst for states parties’ compliance with the CRPD as well as a way to substantiate claims of violations of international, regional, and domestic law and crimes against humanity, such as those discussed in the lead article, Disability, Human Rights Violations, and Crimes Against Humanity.[4]
The CRPD Indicators are the first set of indicators the OHCHR has developed for an entire treaty
The Indicators are the product of consultations with a range of stakeholders, including members of the CRPD Committee, the special rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, representatives of United Nations agencies, civil society organizations, academics, and national human rights institutions
Summary
The CRPD Indicators are the first set of indicators the OHCHR has developed for an entire treaty. As part of the project known as “Bridging the Gap,” the CRPD Indicators were written to assist states parties toward compliance with the CRPD. The Bridging the Gap Project is a targeted thematic response to the CRPD’s requirement of making development cooperation accessible to and inclusive of persons with disabilities.[5]. Licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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