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Form for submitting commitments for the Global Disability Summit 2018
IMPORTANT: Please refer to the accompanying guidance note for advice on completing this form and please fill in all four sections in English.
Your organisation:
Type of organisation: Other
If other: International Organization
Name of organisation: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Charter for Change
Please read the attached Summit Charter for Change: the principal legacy of the Summit. If your organisation is happy to sign up to the Charter, please confirm by putting a cross in the box below.
My organisation signs up to the Summit Charter for Change ☒
Your organisation’s commitments to achieve the rights of people with disabilities in developing countries:
Commitments to eliminate Stigma and Discrimination
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Policy, legislation and its implementation
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):
Support governments and civil society, particularly organizations of persons with disabilities, to align or adopt legislation according to CRPD standards in at least 40 countries and monitor its implementation and impact on rights of the affected population
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021
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Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy, legislation and its implementation
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Perform monitoring of and reporting on the rights of persons with disabilities in a representative number of countries from different regions
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021
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Improve OHCHR policies and practices to increase capacity of its staff on the human rights-based approach to disability, in all duty stations and the number of persons with disabilities working in OHCHR in any capacity.
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021
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Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy, legislation and its implementation
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Enhance the protection of human rights defenders working on the rights of persons with disabilities at national level, through supporting the development/adoption of policies to protect human rights defenders and the use of international/regional mechanisms
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021 Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme.
Commitments for Inclusive Education
Commitments for Economic Empowerment
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Amending legal frameworks
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit):
Support governments and civil society to amend their legislation regarding employment and/or social protection in at least 7 countries in line with the CRPD and monitor its implementation and impact on rights of the affected population
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021
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Commitments for Technology and Innovation:
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Policy and guidance
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Commitments for Data Disaggregation
Please select the category which your commitment most relates to: Commit to use the Washington Group questions Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who have supported its development (75 words limit): Advocate for the use of the Washington Group Short set of questions for the purposes of national censuses coming in the 2020 round and for disaggregating data by disability, particularly under the Sustainable Development Goals Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2030 Please copy and paste this box for additional commitments under this theme.
Commitments for Women and Girls with Disabilities
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Mainstream the rights of women and girls with disabilities in OHCHR’s work, particularly on issues related to sexual and reproductive health and rights
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021
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Commitments for people with disabilities in Humanitarian Contexts:
Please enter the exact wording of the commitment/s, including details of others who has supported its development (75 words limit):
Support the development of the IASC guidelines on the inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action and their implementation in field activities in order to promote mainstreaming of the human rights-based approach to disability and data collection in humanitarian action
Timeframe and/or implementation plan (75 words limit) 2018-2021
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