The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the body in charge of monitoring the implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), has adopted its list of issues prior to reporting on the European Union. The document lists questions to which the EU must reply within 12 months and which will serve as basis of the second evaluation of the EU’s compliance with the Convention (the first evaluation having taken place in 2015). The questions span across all articles of the Convention and includes themes such as:
• Accessibility
• Freedom of movement
• Use of EU funds
• Access to health
• Education and employment
• Data collection.
Following the submission of the EU’s response to Committee, it will schedule an interactive dialogue with the EU and adopt recommendations (expected some time in 2024). The full list of issues prior to reporting can be accessed at: https://tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/treatybodyexternal/Download.aspx?symbolno=CRPD%2fC%2fEU%2fQPR%2f2-3&Lang=en
