PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON WOMEN, YOUTH AND CHILDREN AND PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES Wednesday 1 August 2012

PURPOSE OF PRESENTATION 2 To report and share information with the Portfolio Committee on: 1. Conference of State Parties: September 2012, New York 2. Progress on finalisation of the Country Report on the CRPD

5 th CONFERENCE OF STATE PARTIES 3

4  September 2014, United Nations, New York  Theme: “Making the CRPD count for women and children”;  Programme The election of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Roundtables on Technology and Accessibility (Article 9) Roundtable on Children with Disabilities (Article 7) – Deputy Minister Bogopane-Zulu has been confirmed as a panel participant; One informal session on Women with Disabilities (Article 6); and An interactive dialogue on the implementation of the Convention by the United Nations System; Report from the Special Rapporteur on the Standard Rules

CANDIDATE FOR COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES 5  Nomination of Sebenzile Matsebula has been accepted by the UNOHRC;  AU has endorsed her nomination (SA and Algeria only endorsed candidates);  DIRCO coordinating lobbying process;  Disability sector has internationally been mobilised through DPI and disability-specific organisations to lobby their governments;  DWCPD assisting with campaign materials development;

5 th CONFERENCE OF STATE PARTIES 6 Logistics:  Deputy Ministers and corresponding Portfolio and Select Committee chairpersons for the following portfolios (relevant to programme focus) have been invited to join the official delegation: Public Works; Science and Technology; Communications; Basic Education; Social Development; Arts and Culture; Health; Economic Development; International Relations and Cooperation, as well as the chairpersons of the Portfolio and Select Committees for Women, Children and People with Disabilities  All Premiers and Metro/District Mayors, as well as Commission on Gender Equality; SA Human Rights Commission and Pan South African Language Board (PANSALB) have also been invited  Civil society participation:  Candidate  Disabled woman  Disabled youth

5 th CONFERENCE OF STATE PARTIES 7 Logistics (cont):  Compulsory briefing sessions for all delegates scheduled for August (Pretoria) and again for 11 September (New York);  DWCPD delegation (not finalised):  Deputy Minister  Representatives from the DWCPD  Candidate  2 civil society representatives  Personal Assistants/Support staff

CRPD COUNTRY REPORT Progress 8

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 9 Submissions to date received Attachments: List of submissions received; qualitative analysis (sample) 17 national department/entities submissions signed off by Ministers 4 national department/entities submissions signed off by DGs/CEOs 5 national department submissions unsigned 18 national departmental/entities’ submissions outstanding 3 signed off provincial submissions (Gauteng, Eastern Cape, Western Cape) 1 provincial submission signed off by DG (KZN) 5 outstanding provinces No reports received from District Councils Weekly follow up, phone calls from Deputy Minister to Ministries with outstanding reports as well as letters from Ministry DPME to same Ministries yielded 2 additional reports since end of June 2012.

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 10 The second draft is 80% complete  Pre-amble summarising Core Document due to poor quality of Core Document is awaiting signing off by StatsSA on statistical summary  75% of information received to date has been integrated into report  only verified information is integrated  Information is checked against information previously submitted to the UN system  Verification of contradicting information received being followed up  Glaring gaps in information are currently being followed up with relevant entities  Information shared by civil society during public hearings on July will be incorporated where information can be verified

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 11 ArticleStatus Part 1 – Summary of Core Document Awaiting signing off of statistics by StatsSA Indication is this will be received this week DoJCD has also been requested to improve quality of Core Document to reflect legislation and statistics affecting the rights of women, children and people with disabilities NOTE: pre-amble to 60 page report Part 2 - Segment A 90% complete Checking coverage of all reports on human rights instruments which contain disability-related observations Part 2 – Segment B 100% complete Part 2 -Segment C Article 5100% complete

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 12 ArticleStatus Article 890% complete – cleaning up accumulation of awareness raising efforts across all sectors & spheres of government Article 9100% complete Article 10100% complete Article 11100% complete Article 12100% complete Article 1360% complete (no formal submission received from DoJCD) Ministry has indicated they will verify info and complete gaps before 6 August Article 14100% complete, DoJCD to verify Article 15100% complete, DoJCD to verify Article 16100% complete, DoJCD to verify

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 13 ArticleStatus Article 17100% complete Article 18100% complete Article 1975% complete Integration of contributions by NGOs receiving state subsidies to be done Article 2075% complete Awaiting updated assistive devices statistics Article 21100% complete Article 2380% complete Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated Article 2480% complete Awaiting updated matric stats from DBE Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 14 ArticleStatus Article 2580% complete; Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated Article 2660% complete; VERY weak info received Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated Scrutinising annual reports of both government and NPOs to strengthen content Article 2780% complete; insufficient/incomplete statistics Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated Article 2890% complete; Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated Article 29100% complete; Article 30100% complete;

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 15 ArticleStatus Segment D: Women and Children with Disabilities Article 660% complete; Integration/synchronisation of CEDAW Report information to be done; Gender-specific information from submissions to be extracted Article 760% complete; Integration/synchronisation of CRC Report information to be done; Integration from evidence led at public hearings to be incorporated Draft Situation Analysis Report on Children with Disabilities (UNICEF, DSD, DWCPD) information being verified Segment E Articles % complete (editing) Part 3: Conclusions95% complete (editing) Overall:Reducing content to 60 pages (currently 78) Editing

UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (CRPD) AND ITS PROTOCOL 16 DEPOSITING OF THE FIRST COUNTRY REPORT  For introduction into cluster system by before end August 2012  The Cabinet-approved draft should reach Parliament for consideration towards the end of September 2012  The recommendations and observations of Parliament will be incorporated into the final draft  Final draft be submitted to Cabinet by end of October 2012  Depositing at the United Nations before 3 December 2012

THANK YOU SIYABONGA RE A LE BOGA BAIE DANKIE ENKOSI 17