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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Statements (48)

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 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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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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 ⓘ
OP-CRPD → fullName → Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ⓘ