OP-CRPD

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OP-CRPD is the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, an international treaty that establishes procedures for individuals and groups to bring complaints and for inquiries into grave or systematic violations of disability rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United Nations treaty
international human rights treaty
optional protocol
acronym OP-CRPD NERFINISHED
adoptedBy United Nations General Assembly
adoptionDate 2006-12-13
adoptionMethod resolution of the United Nations General Assembly
adoptionPlace New York City NERFINISHED
aimsTo provide international remedies for violations of disability rights
appliesTo States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities that have ratified the Optional Protocol
articleType complaints mechanism
inquiry mechanism
basedOn consent of States through ratification
belongsToRegime United Nations disability rights regime NERFINISHED
category United Nations human rights instrument NERFINISHED
depository Secretary-General of the United Nations NERFINISHED
entryIntoForceCondition ratification by a specified number of States Parties
establishesProcedureFor group communications
individual communications
inquiries into grave or systematic violations
fullName Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities NERFINISHED
language Arabic
Chinese
English
French
Russian
Spanish
legalNature binding on States Parties
monitoringBody Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities NERFINISHED
normativeFramework Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities NERFINISHED
openedForSignatureDate 2007-03-30
providesFor confidential inquiry procedure
views and recommendations by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
purpose to strengthen implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
region global
relatedInstrument Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women NERFINISHED
Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights NERFINISHED
relatesTo Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities NERFINISHED
requires exhaustion of domestic remedies for communications
written communications
requiresConsentFor inquiry procedure
scope international
shortName OP-CRPD NERFINISHED
subjectMatter international human rights law
rights of persons with disabilities
targetGroup persons with disabilities

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