The First Session of the Conference of the States parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities took place in New York on 31 October and 3 November 2008. The Conference elected twelve members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 3 November 2008.

The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities would consider reports of States parties and issue general recommendations to them. The 12-member expert body would give due consideration to ways and means of enhancing national capacities for the Convention’s implementation, including through international cooperation. The Committee would also consider claims of violations from individuals and groups subjected to the jurisdiction of States that had ratified the Convention’s Optional Protocol.

CRPD/CSP/2008/1: Note by the Secretary General (containing the nominations for the election of 12 members of the Committee) 

CRPD/CSP/2008/1/Add.1: Note by the Secretary General (Addendum containing five nominations received after 3  September 2008)   

CRPD/CSP/2008/2: Provisional agenda 

CRPD/CSP/2008/3: Rules of Procedure

Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Press Releases

• Under-Secretary-General of Economic and Social Affairs Hails Convention as a tool for ensuring both Human Rights and Development of Persons with Disabilities, 31 October 2008
  
  
• States Parties to Convention on Rights of Persons With Disabilities elect First 12 Experts To Monitoring Committee; term of office begins 1 January 2009

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