We are a member of the European Network of National Human Rights Institutions' working group on the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).

The group supports international co-operation in the promotion, implementation and monitoring of the Convention. The objectives of the Working Group are to:

• act as a central contact on disability rights for regional and international bodies and institutions involved in CRPD issues
• identify and promote good practice on the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)  in promoting, implementing and monitoring the CRPD
• co-ordinate the involvement of European NHRIs in CRPD-related events
• influence the interpretation and implementation of the CRPD:
  • in each Working Group member’s own country
  • by the CRPD Committee, and
  • at the European Court of Human Rights and European Court of Justice
• promote the use of the CRPD Optional Protocol (an additional agreement to the CRPD that allows individuals, groups or organisations to submit a complaint to the CRPD Committee)
• help the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights in any role related to the European Union’s obligations under the CRPD
• promote ratification and implementation of CRPD throughout Europe and by the European Union.