Monday, May 19, 2008

CRPD Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Article 1

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


 


The States Parties to the present Protocol have agreed as follows:


Article 1


1. A State Party to the present Protocol (“State Party”) recognizes the competence of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (“the Committee”) to receive and consider communications from or on behalf of individuals or groups of individuals subject to its jurisdiction who claim to be victims of a violation by that State Party of the provisions of the Convention.


2. No communication shall be received by the Committee if it concerns a State Party to the Convention that is not a party to the present Protocol.


 

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