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NHRIs and the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Recent
developments and way forward
Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Legal Officer, Equality and Human Rights
Commission (Great Britain)
EHRC - Britain’s independent national monitoring mechanism• Designated as the article 33.2 Independent
Mechanism to ‘promote, protect and monitor’ implementation of the UNCRPD in Great Britain
• Works separately and together with UK Independent Mechanism (UKIM) partners• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland, Northern
Ireland Human Rights Commission and Scottish Human Rights Commission
EHRC – Our Work on UNCRPDPromotion - ‘UNCRPD - What does it mean for you? A guide for disabled people and disabled people’s organisations’ Protection - Using regulatory powers: legal cases and interventions; formal inquiries into deaths in custody of adults with mental health conditions, disability-related harassment, home care of older peopleMonitoring - List of Issues report: Interim assessment published December 14
Involvement of Disabled People and their Organisations
• Awareness raising and capacity building• Events across GB and on-line seminars
• Call for evidence - involving disabled people and disabled people’s organisations in List of Issues report
• ‘Harder to reach’ groups
ENNHRI’s CRPD Working Group • European Network of NHRIs set up CRPD
Working Group in 2010 - chaired by the EHRC• Members: NHRIs appointed, or expected to be
appointed, as article 33.2 Independent Mechanisms
• Observers: Equinet-National Equality Bodies, EU Agency for Fundamental Rights, European Disability Forum, European Ombudsman, OHCHR-Europe
ENNHRI CRPD Working Group - Aims• Point of contact on disability rights among NHRIs in
Europe • Develop and promote good practice guidance on the
role and actions of NHRIs in promoting, protecting and monitoring implementation of the UNCRPD within Europe and internationally
• Promote ratification and implementation of the UNCRPD throughout Europe and by the European Union
• Influence the interpretation of the Convention by the CRPD Committee and by the European Court of Human Rights and Court of Justice of the European Union
• Promote and support the use of the Optional Protocol
Inaugural meeting between NHRIs and the CRPD Committee – Way forward (1)
• CRPD WG proposals for guidelines on NHRI participation in the work of the Committee:• Participation at all stages of the Committee’s work• Independent speaking rights• Greater use of remote participation • Clarify NHRIs’ role under the simplified reporting
procedure• Endorse A status NHRIs as ‘best practice’ model IM
Inaugural meeting between NHRIs and the CRPD Committee – Way forward (2) • Priorities for future cooperation and dialogue
with the CRPD Committee• Role of States Parties to resource NHRIs appointed as IM• Developing core indicators; data and statistics • Capacity building role of the CRPD Committee• Involvement of Disabled People’s Organisations• General comment on article 33
• Collective action incl. via proposed ICC working group on disability
Thank you for your attention.
Contacts:Rebecca Hilsenrath, Chief Legal Officer,[email protected]
For more information about the ENNHRI CRPD Working Group, please contact the chair of the Group: [email protected]
Selected ResourcesEHRC website resources on UNCRPDhttp://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/our-work/human-rights/international-framework/un-convention-rights-persons-disabilities
Monitoring implementation of the UNCRPD: The UK Independent Mechanism list of issues interim report http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/our-work/human-rights/international-framework/un-convention-rights-persons-disabilities/monitoring-implementation-uncrpd
Webpages of the ENNHRI CRPD WG (see also ENNHRI website)http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/about-us/our-work/human-rights/international-framework/un-convention-rights-persons-disabilities/european-network-national-human-rights-institutions
Preventing Deaths in Detention of Adults with Mental Heath Conditions – an EHRC Inquiryhttp://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/our-legal-work/inquiries-and-assessments/preventing-deaths-detention-adults-mental-health-conditions
Inquiry into Disability-related Harassment http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/our-legal-work/inquiries-and-assessments/inquiry-disability-related-harassment
Inquiry into Home Care of Older People http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/legal-and-policy/our-legal-work/inquiries-and-assessments/inquiry-home-care-older-people
