Epilogue: a decade of implementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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Notes

1. Universal design means the design of products, environments, programmes and services to be usable by all people, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialised design. ‘Universal design’ shall not exclude assistive devices for particular groups of persons with disabilities where this is needed. (CRPD).

2. These five building blocks should not be seen as prescriptive but offered as a set of guiding elements necessary for inclusive development.

3. At the time of publication the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CPRD) had been ratified by 166 State Parties http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx.

4. The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the body of independent experts, which monitors implementation of the Convention by the state parties. All state parties are obliged to submit regular reports to the Committee on how the rights are being implemented. States must report initially within two years of accepting the Convention and thereafter every four years. The Committee examines each report and shall make such suggestions and general recommendations on the report as it may consider appropriate and shall forward these to the state party concerned.

5. http://consultations.worldbank.org/Data/hub/files/consultation-template/review-and-update-world-bank-safeguard-policies/en/materials/the_esf_clean_final_for_public_disclosure_post_board_august_4.pdf

6. https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/hlpf/2016 The High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on Sustainable Development is the United Nations’ central platform for the follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), adopted at the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit on 25 September 2015. The HLPF in June 2016 was the first since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs. The session included voluntary reviews of 22 countries and thematic reviews of progress on the SDGs, including cross-cutting issues, supported by reviews by the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) functional commissions and other inter-governmental bodies and forums.