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OHCHR Training Package on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

OHCHR has developed a training package on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol. The package consists of a Training Guide and eight training modules.

Both the training guide and modules help build the capacity of national stakeholders to implement the Convention and its Optional Protocol and to monitor implementation. They are a resource for anyone involved in strengthening the rights of persons with disabilities and holding States accountable in this regard including, policymakers, legislators and other State actors (at national as well as local levels), national human rights institutions and independent monitoring frameworks, civil society organisations including organisations of persons with disabilities, UN agencies, development actors, and donors.

The Training Guide and modules can be used together to develop training courses on the Convention and its Optional Protocol. They also serve as helpful resources to better understand the instruments and how they can be used to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities.

Training guide

The Training Guide on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities provides information on the human rights-based approach to disability and elaborates on the fundamental elements of the Convention and its Optional Protocol, and on the processes and issues underlying their ratification, implementation and monitoring.

Training modules

The Training modules on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities consist of powerpoint presentations, facilitators notes and examples of group exercises.

MODULE 1: WHAT IS DISABILITY?
PowerPoint presentation: "What is disability?"	Facilitator's note	Group activity 1	Group activity 2

MODULE 2: A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO THE CONVENTION
PowerPoint presentation: "A short introduction to the Convention"	Facilitator's note	Group activity

MODULE 3: RATIFICATION

PowerPoint presentation: "Ratification"	Facilitator's note	Main messages	Group activity

MODULE 4: MEASURES FOR IMPLEMENTATION

PowerPoint presentation: "Implementation measures"	Facilitator's note		Group activity
MODULE 5: DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF DISABILITY

PowerPoint presentation: "Discrimination on the basis of disability"	Facilitator's note	Group activity

MODULE 6: NATIONAL IMPLEMENTATION AND MONITORING FRAMEWORKS

PowerPoint presentation: "National implementation and monitoring frameworks"	Facilitator's note	Group activity

MODULE 7: REPORTING TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES: STATE AND ALTERNATIVE REPORTS

PowerPoint presentation: "State reporting to the Committee"	Facilitator's note	Group activity	SWOT analysis
PowerPoint presentation: "Alternative reporting to the Committee"	Facilitator's note	Group activity	SWOT analysis

MODULE 8: THE OPTIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE CONVENTION

PowerPoint presentation: "The Optional Protocol"	Facilitator's note	Group activity
MODULE 8.1: THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

PowerPoint presentation: "The Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities"	Facilitator's note