The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights has published guidance for independent national monitoring frameworks to fulfil their monitoring responsibility under Article 33 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). The report focuses on the design and use of indicators for assessing the progress implementing the UNCRPD at a national level. Indicators for the UNCRPD break down legal standards into measurable elements and clearly defined questions or lines of enquiry, into which quantifiable data and information can be fed. In addition, they support evidence-based policymaking grounded in human rights by identifying gaps and tracking progress. The report is broken down into the following sections:
• The role of independent national monitoring frameworks
• Filling the gaps in data
• Using human rights-based indicators to assess progress in implementing fundamental rights obligations
• Data sources for populating outcome indicators
• Monitoring UNCRPD implementation across the European Union – national practice examples
• Challenges and ways forward.
The full guidance is available at: https://www.fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2023-uncrpd-human-rights-indicators_en.pdf
