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and role of national mechanisms for the implementation and monitoring of the Convention
on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;
17.
Requests the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human
Rights to prepare a study to enhance awareness on the structure and role of national
mechanisms for the implementation and monitoring of the Convention on the Rights of
Persons with Disabilities, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, including States,
regional organizations, civil society organizations, including organizations of persons with
disabilities, and national human rights institutions, and requests that the study be available
on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner, in an accessible format, prior to the
thirteenth session of the Council;
18.
Also requests the Office of the High Commissioner to continue to elaborate
and disseminate training and awareness-raising material on the rights of persons with
disabilities and the implementation of the Convention, and to continue to contribute, as
required, to national efforts in the development of tools to mainstream the rights of persons
with disabilities, taking into consideration good practices;
19.
Requests the Secretary-General to continue to ensure that the mandate of the
Office of the High Commissioner on the rights of persons with disabilities is adequately
resourced for the fulfilment of its tasks;
20.
Encourages organizations of persons with disabilities, national monitoring
bodies and human rights institutions to participate actively in the session referred to in
paragraph 16 above, as well as in regular and special sessions of the Council and its
working groups.
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[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
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Draft United Nations guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions
of alternative care for children
The Human Rights Council,
Reaffirming the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, and celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Convention in 2009,
Reaffirming also all previous resolutions on the rights of the child of the Council,
the Commission on Human Rights and the General Assembly, the most recent being
Council resolutions 7/29 of 28 March 2008 and 9/13 of 24 September 2008 and General
Assembly resolution 63/241 of 23 December 2008,
Welcomes the progress made during consultations on the draft United Nations
guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions of alternative care for children and decides
to continue efforts to take action on them at its eleventh session.
42nd meeting
26 March 2009
[Adopted without a vote. See part II, chap. III.]
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