Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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The Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is an international treaty that establishes procedures allowing individuals and groups to submit complaints and enabling inquiries into grave or systematic violations of the rights of persons with disabilities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty
international human rights treaty
optional protocol
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 2006-12-13
adoptionPlace New York City
aimsTo provide international remedies for victims of disability rights violations
strengthen enforcement of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
allows groups to submit complaints
individuals to submit complaints
third parties to submit complaints on behalf of individuals with disabilities
appliesTo States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that have ratified the Optional Protocol
articleCount 18
belongsToCategory Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties
surface form: United Nations optional protocols
depositedWith Secretary-General of the United Nations
enables inquiries into grave or systematic violations of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
entryIntoForceDate 2008-05-03
establishesProcedure group communications procedure
individual communications procedure
inquiry procedure
hasPreamble yes
inquiryProcedureOptionalDeclaration States may opt out of the inquiry procedure upon signature or ratification
inquiryTrigger reliable information indicating grave or systematic violations of the Convention
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalStatus binding on States that have ratified it
monitoredBy Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
openedForSignatureDate 2007-03-30
optionalTo Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
partOf United Nations human rights system
placeOfConclusion United Nations Headquarters
providesFor follow-up to the Committee’s views and recommendations
interim measures to prevent irreparable harm
regionScope global
registration United Nations Treaty Series
relatesTo Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
requires exhaustion of domestic remedies before submitting a communication
ratification by States Parties
requiresConsentForInquiryVisit yes
rightsBodyCompetence Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities may receive and consider communications
shortName OP-CRPD
subject human rights
rights of persons with disabilities
typeOfObligation treaty-based

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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities hasOptionalProtocol Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women relatedInstrument Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Optional Protocols to core human rights treaties example Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities