On the 22nd of March the UN CRPD Committee will hold a general discussion on the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment. The purpose of the general discussion is to prepare for the drafting of the UN CRPD General Comment on Employment. General Comment on Employment will be UN CRPD Committee’s interpretation of the right to work, will seek to clarify the reporting duties of State Parties with respect to this right and suggest approaches to implementing Article 27 UN CRPD.
The general discussion will take place online, though Kudo platform, on Monday, 22 March 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m (Geneva time), and on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m (Geneva time).
More information on possibility to make an intervention and written submission is available on the website of the CRPD Committee. Deadline for submission is 15 March.
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Contribute to UN CRPD Committee’s General Comment on Employment
On the 22nd of March the UN CRPD Committee will hold a general discussion on the right of persons with disabilities to work and employment. The purpose of the general discussion is to prepare for the drafting of the UN CRPD General Comment on Employment. General Comment on Employment will be UN CRPD Committee’s interpretation of the right to work, will seek to clarify the reporting duties of State Parties with respect to this right and suggest approaches to implementing Article 27 UN CRPD.
The general discussion will take place online, though Kudo platform, on Monday, 22 March 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m (Geneva time), and on Wednesday, 24 March 2021 from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m (Geneva time).
More information on possibility to make an intervention and written submission is available on the website of the CRPD Committee. Deadline for submission is 15 March.
https://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/GeneralDiscussions.aspx
All the publications from 2022 - 2026 are co-funded by and produced under the European Commission’s Citizens, Equality, Rights and Values (CERV) Programme.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Commission’s CERV Programme. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
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