China DPO and CRPD Take OPO an example Fu Gaoshan from One Plus One Group for disbility Mail: qishi@yijiayi.org 3 topics 1, About One Plus One 2, About Shadow Report 3, OPO and CRPD About OPO 10years 60staff 2branches 3work fields The relationships between DPOs and Law Comparison between Domestic and international legislation Promotion and Amendment of Domestic legislation Monitoring the implementation of domestic laws and policies Promoting legal knowledge and legal awareness for disability communities China and the United Nations’ CRPD On December 13, 2006, the 61th UN General Assembly adopted CRPD. This is the first legally binding international instrument dedicated to the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities and the latest effort by the international community On June 26th, 2008, The Standing Committee of the NationalPeople’s Congress of China ratified the CRPD. On Aug. 31th, the CRPD was set to go into effect in China. China is one of the first countries who proposed and promoted the United Uniton to formulate the CRRD. And also China is one of the first countries who signed the CRPD. International Conventions and China China has so far signed 7 international agreements on human rights as follows: 1, The Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights 2, International covenant on civil and political rights 3,Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, ICERD 4,The United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment 5,Convention on the Rights of the Child，CRC 6,The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women， CEDAW 7,Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities，CRPD What is Shadow Report? Shadow Report refers to the report NGO filed to the United Nations on the country's compliance with its obligations regarding to the National Report. The main purpose is to supplement deficiency in the National Report such as the issues never involved before or inaccurate content. The Shadow Report is a method NGOs adopted in policy advocacy taking advantages of international agreement. According to the international human rights agreement, all the contracting parties should submit a national report compliant with their obligations to the related organization of Untied Unions to in case the United Nations examine their performance on the agreement. One plus One and Shadow Report On April 2012, One Plus One formally submitted the nongovernmental Shadow Report on the CRPD’s performance in China, which is the first independent and complete nongovernmental report from domestic DPO in the disability area of China. On Sept 2012, United Nation Committee of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Examined CRPD’s Implementation In China. Every 4 years, the contracting parties should hand over the national report. The next time China submit the report will be 2014. Why One Plus One submit the Shadow Report? 1, To test the bottomline 2, To participate in international affairs 3, To promote domestic changes 4, To give out the voice of disabled people on the rights perspective. 5, To summarise 1+1's work in a professional way. Methods and Strategies One Plus One Adopted Overcome the psychological problems and make collective decision Strategic Submission Process and achieving external standardization of risk management Take advantage of Press influence to reduce pressure. Make sure the lessen pressure in the report final release period. OPOs diverse works on CRPD Support disability community to speak out by themselves Build up bridges Support those groups and organization to run DPO support Disability voice month Capacity buildings Be accompany with them