The right of persons with disabilities to participate in decision-making 2016, para. 90
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Consequently, the establishment of any national framework for the implementation or monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities must include persons with disabilities through their organizations. These frameworks must be operated in a transparent manner and persons with disabilities must be allowed to define the criteria of representativeness in accordance with their own procedures. The autonomy and independence of the monitoring mechanisms and of representative organizations must be ensured in order to enable their effectiveness.
Legal status
Non-negotiated soft law
Body
Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Document type
Special Procedures' report
Means of adoption
N.A.
Topic(s)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Health
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Disability, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/62, para. 90.