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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> WUNRN_LISTSERVE-owner@lists.wunrn.com [mailto:WUNRN_LISTSERVE-owner@lists.wunrn.com]
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<b>Subject:</b> [WUNRN] UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Call for General Comment on the Right to Live Independently & Be Included in the Community - Women with Disabilities<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:16.0pt">UN COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#262626">Call for Comments on the Draft General Comment on the Right of Persons with Disabilities
to Live Independently and Be Included in the Community (Article 19) </span></b><span style="font-size:14.5pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Semilight",sans-serif;color:#262626"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">In 2014, the CRPD Committee decided to prepare a draft General Comment on article 19 of the Convention.
The Committee considered that it was important to clarify the content of this article given that in its consideration of States parties’ reports, the Committee had identified implementation gaps and, to a certain extent, misconceptions about the right of persons
with disabilities to choose their place of residence and where and with whom to live; the right of persons with disabilities to in-home, residential and community support services; and the right to community services and facilities available on an equal basis
with the general population and which are responsive to the requirements of persons with disabilities.
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">In order to detail its position and jurisprudence, the Committee has endorsed a
<a href="https://linkprotect.cudasvc.com/url?a=http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/CRPD/DGCArticle19/DraftGC5Article19_5April2017.doc&c=E,1,nXS0Q87KOFiiEcHfL2EVgmY1EiD_Kx3TZ00HjMUAg2kKDmvQVsRxvF7fIwAmYt4h9O7Ueyj-MPKO3S4_84TevBuZnPqiT8xQlUE6vPrflvopx0q_Ff_Uh2OB3w,,&typo=1">
<span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">Draft General Comment on the right to living independently and be included in the community</span></a> during its 17th session. It puts the concepts of living independently and being included into the community
into the context of international human rights law and clarifies the normative content of this right by defining central concepts, detailing States parties’ obligations and outlining key elements for national implementation.<br>
<b>Deadline:</b> <b>30 June 2017</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Format of the written submissions</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Written contributions shall not exceed 5,300 words, and be submitted in Word format.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Comments shall not be included in the text of the draft general comment but should be submitted in a separate document.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#444444;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Written contributions should follow the following format:
<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">a) Identification of the submitting organisation
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">b) Identification of the paragraph to which each comment is referred to.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">c) Development of the comment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">d) Proposed text of the amendment, if the comment includes such a proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">e) Additional topic(s) which could be included in the draft general comment, with a short justification
and also a proposed text <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;color:#444444">Submissions are to be sent to the following email address:
<a href="mailto:cpedreros@ohchr.org"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">cpedreros@ohchr.org</span></a>, copying
<a href="mailto:jaraya@ohchr.org"><span style="color:blue;text-decoration:none">jaraya@ohchr.org</span></a>. Due to the large number of submissions expected, the secretariat will not acknowledge receipt of individual submissions, but proceed to post them on
the Committee’s webpage in the order of their receipt. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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