Implementing the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – the Role of Independent Monitoring Frameworks

This practical guide on independent monitoring frameworks is aimed at assisting parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other stakeholders, including national human rights institutions and civil society, in understanding the key criteria for the establishment and functioning of independent monitoring frameworks according to the requirements of the Convention and the jurisprudence of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. States invariably indicate in their periodic reports to the Committee that they have established some form of independent monitoring framework, yet the structure and operation of such frameworks vary from State to State in their legal basis, composition, mandate and resources. The preparation of this guide was led by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), together with the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the United Nations Development Programme through a global initiative supported by the United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It was developed in consultation with the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions and the International Disability Alliance.