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UN disability rights committee launches review for five nations

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The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will review Lesotho, Pakistan, Samoa, Marshall Islands, and Liberia in its latest session from 9 to 26 March 2026.

The five countries are among the 193 States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. They are required to undergo regular reviews by the Committee of 18 independent international experts on how they are implementing the Convention and the Committee’s previous recommendations.

The CRPD, which has received respective country reports as well as other submissions from non-governmental organisations, will discuss a range of issues with the five State delegations through public dialogues on the following dates at Geneva time.

The above public dialogues will be held in TEMPUS conference facility at Palais des Nations, Geneva. All public meetings are open to accredited journalists and livecast on UN Web TV.

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