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The term “shall cooperate” contained in Article 37, para. 1, means that the two principal actors, the States Parties and the CRPD Committee, with separate roles and functions defined by the CRPD, shall “operate jointly” to pursue the Convention’s objectives. For this purpose, Article 37, para. 1, provides the obligation of States Parties to collaborate with the CRPD Committee and assist its members in order to undertake its mandate.
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See Working Methods of the Committee of Persons with Disabilities adopted at its fifth session (11–15 April 2011), CRPD/C/5/4, 2 September 2011, para. 1.
- 2.
Referring to the Article 37, the Rules of Procedure adopted by the CRPD Committee point out that the Committee shall also advice and assist States Parties, when necessary, in ways and means of enhancing national capacities for the implementation of the Convention and make recommendations and observation in order to strengthen the capacity and the mandate of the national implementing and monitoring mechanisms (Rule 48). See CRPD Committee, Rules of Procedure, CRPD/C/1, 5 June 2014, at http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G14/042/41/PDF/G1404241.pdf?OpenElement. Accessed July 30, 2015.
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See Rule 44, CRPD Committee, Rules of Procedure, cit.
- 4.
See Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in this Commentary.
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Lord et al. (2010).
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CRPD Committee, Report of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, twelfth session, 15 September–3 October 2014, CRPD/C/12/2, 5 November 2014, p. 16, http://daccess-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/G14/198/68/PDF/G1419868.pdf?OpenElement. Accessed April 20, 2015.
- 7.
See Article 3 [General Principles] in this Commentary.
- 8.
See Preamble of the CRPD, especially paras. (g), (m) and (p). On these points, see comments of Schulze (2009).
- 9.
See Article 32 [International Cooperation] in this Commentary.
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- 11.
See Statement of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on including the rights of persons with disabilities in the post-2015 agenda on disability and development, May 2013, para. 1, http://www.ohchr.org/EN/HRBodies/CRPD/Pages/CRPDIndex.aspx. Accessed May 12, 25 2015.
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Under this perspective, see UNGA, Report of the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities, Seventh session, New York, 16 January-3 February 2006, A/AC.265/2006, http://www.un.org/esa/socdev/enable/rights/ahc7report-e.htm. Accessed April, 15 2015.
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CoE, Committee of Ministers, Recommendation Rec (2006) 5 on the Action Plan to Promote the Rights and Full Participation of Persons with Disabilities in Society: Improving the Quality of Life of Persons with Disabilities in Europe 2006–2015. http://www.coe.int/t/dg3/disability/ActionPlan/PDF/Rec_2006_5_English.pdf. Accessed March 30, 2015.
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- 15.
See Flynn (2011).
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European Commission, Report on the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by the European Union, SWD (2014) 182 final, Brussels, June 5, 2014, p. 8 http://ec.europa.eu/justice/discrimination/files/swd_2014_182_en.pdf. Accessed June 3, 2015.
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Asia-Europe Meeting, Responsible Partnership for Sustainable Growth and Security, 10th ASEM Summit, 16–17 October 2014, Milan, Italy, Final Chair Statement, Annex 1, http://www.aseminfoboard.org/sites/default/files/documents/2014_-_ASEM10_-_Chair_Statement.pdf. Accessed June 3, 2015.
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See http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2014-10/19/content_18766057.htm. Accessed March 28, 2015.
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The German agencies are Gesellschaft fur Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), KfW (Development Bank), InwENT (Capacity Building International), and DED (German Development Service).
- 20.
See Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ) (2006), pp. 10–12.
- 21.
See Ministero degli affari esteri, Cooperazione italiana allo sviluppo (2010).
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Albania, Angola, Bosnia Herzegovina, Cameroun, China, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Jordan, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Montenegro, Republic of Central Africa, Serbia, Sudan, Palestinian territories, Tunisia, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zambia.
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Moscatelli, S. (2017). Article 37 [Cooperation Between States Parties and the Committee]. In: Della Fina, V., Cera, R., Palmisano, G. (eds) The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43790-3_39
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