• Information for Non-Governmental Organizations:
  • Guidelines for Non-Governmental Organizations  
  • Online Pre-registration System for NGOs (CLOSED Deadline: 28 August – Please note that Information on accessibility requirements received after July 31st may not be accommodated).
  • NGO Accreditation (CLOSED–Deadline: 27 July)      

The following documents are made available for information only, and have been posted as received.

• Contributions received from civil society for the Interactive Roundtable on Legislative Measures:
  • Interactive Roundtable on Legislative Measures to Implement the CRPD with a focus on Accessibility & Reasonable Accommodation (IDA)
  • Interactive Roundtable on Legislative Measures to Implement the CRPD with a focus on Access to Justice (IDA)
  • Interactive Roundtable on Legislative Measures to Implement the CRPD with a focus on Equal Recognition Before the Law and Supported Decision-Making  (IDA)  
     
• Other contributions
  • Legal Opinion on Article 12 of the CRPD, June 21, 2008
              Opinión Legal sobre el Artículo 12 de la CDPD [in Spanish] 
  • Implementation Manual for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry, February 2008
  • Position Paper on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Other Instruments, International Disability Alliance (IDA), April 25, 2008
     

• Contribution received from civil society for the Informal session (Thursday 3 September from 3 p.m-5p. m.):
  • Informal session on disability and poverty with special reference to the current economic crisis (IDA)