The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee From Human Rights to Concrete Rights  Nordic Welfare Center  Sweden  November 17, 2015  Independent Living  Article 19  Article 22  Article 28 1

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee Agenda 1.Understanding the UN CRPD 2.Article 19 3.Article 22 4.Article 28 5.Conclusions 6.Comments and Questions The timeslot only allows for very few reflections regarding the UN CRPD! 2

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee Understanding the UN CRPD  The UN CRPD is for all State Parties  Must be understood and implemented in respect of the individual State Party  Interdependency across articles and UN international conventions  Relationship between state and its inhabitants with a disability  Interpreted by among others  The text of the UN CRPD  The List of Issues  The Concluding Observations  The Jurisprudence of Petitions  The General Comments  The Statements  "Watched" by the UN CRPD Committee 3

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee Article 19  Living independently and included within your local community  A right for all persons with all kinds of disabilities  Any institution is considered to be in conflict with the UN CRPD regardless of place and size  The right for everyone to choose where to live and with whom  Everyone must have access to the necessary assistive devices and accommodation based on one's own choice  The right to be visible and make social interaction  The obligation of the State party to provide sufficient accessible accommodation/housing 4

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee Article 22  The Committee has not yet been very focused on this article  But the right to individual privacy of all is to be looked upon with great seriousness  The place and organization of living facilities can be having a great impact on the ability to be respected in relation to your individual privacy 5

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee Article 28  Everyone has the right to an adequate standard of living  Persons with disabilities should not be expected to have a lower standard of living because of disability  All persons with disabilities must have equal access to various forms of support, including financial  Basically no person with a disability should be expected to pay for expenses related to one's own disability 6

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Stig Langvad, Independent Expert Member, CRPD Committee Conclusions  The UN CRPD is about giving equal rights for everyone within each State Party  The content of the UN CRPD is THE LAW  The work and jurisprudence of The Committee can be of support for full understanding and implementation   7