Paper: “The Influence of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Canadian Jurisprudence in the First Decade Since Its Ratification”
January 9, 2023
ARCH publishes paper titled “The Influence of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Canadian Jurisprudence in the First Decade Since Its Ratification”
To access this paper go to: https://wyaj.uwindsor.ca/index.php/wyaj/article/view/7781
For the other papers published in this issue, go to: https://ojs.uwindsor.ca/index.php/WYAJ
Factsheet: CRPD, Optional Protocol and Inquiries
July 8, 2020
What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)? What is the Optional Protocol? What happens during an inquiry? What is the outcome of an inquiry? Does the country have to respond to the UN Committee’s recommendations? Who can ask the UN Committee to start an inquiry? How long does an inquiry take? What if the UN Committee needs to act sooner? Inquiries are confidential. What does that mean?
To learn about the CRPD, Optional Protocol and Inquiries download the factsheet below
Paper: Considerations for Effective Implementation and Enforcement of the Proposed Federal Accessibility Legislation
May 10, 2017
This paper addresses an important legal issue ARCH recommended the Government to address as it developed the proposed federal accessibility legislation: ensuring effective implementation and enforcement of the proposed federal accessibility legislation.
ARCH’s Considerations for Effective Implementation and Enforcement of the Proposed Federal Accessibility Legislation were presented to the government in its consultation process as it developed the new accessibility legislation in 2016.
This resource is part of ARCH’s Advocating for an Accessible Canada initiative. For more information about the initiative, visit the Accessible Canada Act Webpage
To learn more, download the paper below
Submission: ARCH’s Submission on the Government of Canada’s Accession to the Optional Protocol to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
March 15, 2017
The Optional Protocol (OP) to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) provides two procedures by which the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities can oversee implementation of Convention rights: a complaints procedure for individuals on violations of their CRPD rights by Canada, and an inquiry procedure for investigating serious or widespread violations. Following a review of Committee decisions, ARCH supports Canada’s accession to the Optional Protocol.
In this submission, ARCH Disability Law Centre provides comments in response to the Government of Canada’s public consultation on Canada’s accession to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
To learn more, download the submission below
Paper: Discussion Paper on Proposed Federal Accessibility Legislation and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
February 08, 2017
This paper addresses an important legal issue ARCH recommended the Government to address as it developed the proposed federal accessibility legislation: the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its relationship with the planned federal accessibility legislation.
In this paper, ARCH provides a legal analysis of the role that the Convention has played in Canadian jurisprudence until 2016 and makes recommendations for strengthening the relationship between the Convention and the proposed federal accessibility legislation.
ARCH’s Discussion Paper on Proposed Federal Accessibility Legislation and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was presented to the government in its consultation process as it developed the new accessibility legislation in 2016.
This resource is also part of ARCH’s Advocating for an Accessible Canada initiative. For more information about the initiative, visit the Accessible Canada Act Webpage
To learn more, download the paper below
The Canadian Association for Community Living and People First of Canada wrote a plain English summary of the Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the CRPD. To access this summary, visit: Plain English version of the Submission of Canadian Civil Society Organizations to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities