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CRPD Enters into Force
By Pam VanderVeer | May 7, 2008
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities entered into force on May 3rd, 2008, after reaching the magic number of 20 ratifications 30 days earlier (on April 3rd, 2008). Between April 3rd and May 3rd, an additional 5 nations ratified, bringing the total to 25 (on May 2nd, Slovenia became the 25th nation to ratify). The Optional Protocol, the treaty’s enforcement mechanism which needed 10 ratifications to become legally binding, now has 15 ratifications.
The Conference of States Parties will pick the treaty’s first monitors in early November 2008. Only nations that have ratified the treaty will be allowed to participate and to nominate monitor candidates from within their borders.
On May 12th, the UN will hold an entry into force celebration for civil society participants in New York (& Geneva).
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