This information note aims at informing the independent experts of the CRPD Committee about the main priorities at the European level and regional issues that directly affect persons with disabilities in their countries.
We highly encourage the experts to consider these issues during the review of European countries.
In the upcoming 30th session and 29th pre-session taking place between the 4th and 28th of March 2024, the Committee will review CRPD implementation in Azerbaijan and Sweden and adopt the List of issues on Bosnia and Herzegovina, Monaco and Moldova, as well as the List of Issues Prior to Reporting on Cyprus.
Several points of the document have been updated since the information note sent in July 2023, including on the withdrawal of the draft additional protocol to the Oviedo Convention, the publication of the legislative proposal for a European Disability Card and a European Parking Card, the revision of the victims’ rights directive, the Ukraine Facility Regulation and the EU’s accession process.