Shadow Reporting
The United Kingdom must submit its first report to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on what it has done to implement the Convention by 2011.
Disabled people and their organisations were actively involved in campaigning for the Convention to exist. The Convention also says that disabled people and their representative organisations should be involved in the implementation, monitoring and reporting processes. It is for this reason that Disability Action’s Centre on Human Rights will develop a shadow report on the UK’s submission to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
This report will consider how effectively the UN Convention has been implemented and how accurately the UK Government’s report reflects the experience of people with disabilities in Northern Ireland. This shadow report will also be sent to the UN Committee.
As part of this shadow report, we will be consulting with people with disabilities and their representative disability organizations. If you are interested in getting involved and having your say on how the Convention is implemented in Northern Ireland, please get in touch:
Simon McClenahan
Policy and Research Officer
Disability Action's Centre on Human Rights for People with Disabilities
Portside Business Park
189 Airport Road West
Belfast
BT3 9ED
Telephone: 028 9029 7880
Textphone: 028 9029 7882
Fax: 028 9029 7881
