A/HRC/RES/43/23 Welcoming also the work of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, and taking note with appreciation of her reports, 1 Welcoming further the work of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and taking note with appreciation of its general comments, Welcoming the work undertaken by the task force on secretariat services, accessibility for persons with disabilities and use of information technology, Recalling Security Council resolution 2475 (2019) of 20 June 2019, in which the Council addressed the disproportionate impact of armed conflict and related humanitarian crises on persons with disabilities, Noting with appreciation the Guidelines on the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action launched by the Inter-Agency Standing Committee in 2019, 1. Welcomes the fact that, to date, 180 States and one regional integration organization have ratified or acceded to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which has 163 signatories, and that 94 States have signed and 96 States have ratified or acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention, and calls upon those States and regional integration organizations that have not yet ratified or acceded to the Convention and the Optional Protocol to consider doing so as a matter of priority; 2. Encourages States that have ratified the Convention and have submitted one or more reservations to it to initiate a process to review regularly the effect and continued relevance of such reservations and to consider the possibility of withdrawing them; 3. Welcomes the reports of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the thematic studies on awareness-raising under article of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2 and habilitation and rehabilitation under article 26 of the Convention,3 and calls upon all stakeholders to consider the findings and recommendations made in those studies with a view to implementing them, where appropriate; 4. Calls upon States to take immediate, effective and appropriate measures to raise awareness regarding persons with disabilities, applying a gender-responsive and human rights-based approach, recognizing the capabilities and contributions throughout society of persons with disabilities, fostering respect for the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities and addressing stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices, including those based on gender and age, at all levels of society and in all areas of life, such as by: (a) Initiating and maintaining effective public campaigns, media, education systems and training programmes; (b) Reviewing laws and policies that perpetuate the outdated understanding of disability present in charity and medical models and ableism, and incorporating a human rights-based approach to disability; (c) Taking effective measures to raise awareness of the rights of women and girls with disabilities in order to eliminate stereotypes, prejudices and violence, including harmful practices; (d) Ensuring that public awareness-raising campaigns promote a positive portrayal of persons with disabilities, and taking all measures necessary to eliminate attitudinal barriers that prevent or restrict the effective participation of persons with disabilities in society; (e) Developing awareness-raising programmes, including in accessible formats, to provide information about the rights of persons with disabilities, and information regarding access to justice, accountability mechanisms and remedies, where rights are not respected, including but not limited to complaint mechanisms, judicial remedies and legal aid services; (f) Providing training to professionals, including judges and law enforcement officials, health-care professionals, teachers and personnel working with persons with disabilities to raise their awareness of the rights under the Convention, and addressing the 1 2 3 A/HRC/40/54 and Add.1; A/HRC/43/41 and Adds. 1-3. A/HRC/43/27. A/HRC/40/32. 3