Grave and systematic violations of the CRPD

Sometimes the UN Disability Committee finds out about grave and systematic violations of the CRPD by a country that has ratified both the CRPD and the CRPD-OP. In other words, it discovers that very serious and continued abuse of human rights set out in the CRPD has happened. The UN Disability Committee can ask the country’s government to co-operate in an investigation on the information it has received and provide its comments on the matter.

Members of the UN Disability Committee may sometimes start an investigation into a serious abuse and can visit the country to find out what may have happened if it thinks this is needed.