A/HRC/16/38 United Nations General Assembly Distr.: General 20 December 2010 Original: English Human Rights Council Sixteenth session Agenda items 2 and 3 Annual report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and reports of the Office of the High Commissioner and the Secretary-General Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights, including the right to development Thematic study by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights on the role of international cooperation in support of national efforts for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities Summary The present study focuses on the role of international cooperation in realizing the rights of persons with disabilities. It analyzes international cooperation under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, sets out examples of international cooperation involving States, international and regional organizations and civil society organizations and identifies challenges to international cooperation. GE.10-17856