Projektart: Gefördertes Projekt
Monitoringstelle gemäß Art. 33 Abs. 2 der UN-Konvention über die Rechte von Menschen mit Behinderungen

Background and objectives: Following the entry into force of the relevant ratification law on January 1, 2009, the instrument of ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Optional Protocol was deposited at United Nations headquarters in New York on Tuesday, February 24, 2009. This means that both international treaties will become binding for Germany after 30 days. The Convention is a treaty under international law that puts existing human rights into concrete terms for the living situation of people with disabilities. The aim of the Convention is to promote equal opportunities for disabled people and to prevent discrimination against them in society. The text provides for the establishment of a treaty committee based in Geneva to monitor the implementation of the Convention in the States Parties. The Optional Protocol opens the possibility for persons with disabilities to address a complaint to the treaty committee provided for in the Convention if domestic legal recourse has been unsuccessful. If the treaty committee considers a complaint to be well-founded, it transmits its proposals and recommendations to the State party concerned. The Convention and Optional Protocol entered into strength on May 3, 2008. Following ratification, Article 33 of the Convention requires States Parties to designate or establish an independent body at the national level to promote and monitor the Convention. In doing so, States Parties are to observe the "United Nations Paris Principles concerning the Status of Domestic Bodies for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights of 20 December 1993" (Res. 48/134). The "Paris Principles" describe the areas of responsibility and functioning of national institutes for human rights. In its decision of October 1, 2008, the German Federal Government decided to entrust the German Institute for Human Rights e. V. with the task under Article 33(2) of the Convention. The German Institute for Human Rights was founded on the initiative of the Red/Green federal government in 2000 on the basis of a cross-party Bundestag resolution. It has a broad mandate to promote and protect human rights and guarantees its independence. In doing so, it makes explicit reference to the Paris Principles. Tasks: The Institute will cover the following tasks as a monitoring mechanism: - Information and documentation - Application-oriented research, in particular research activities related to "monitoring" (no independent empirical research activities, also no awarding of research contracts) - Policy advice, in particular constructive accompaniment of implementation processes of the Convention at the federal and state levels (e. g. E.g. in the form of statements on legislative proposals; events etc.) as well as advice to associations - Establishment and coordination of a nationwide quality network - Press and public relations work, in particular establishment of a barrier-free website - Cooperation with all relevant agents