Baku. Victoria Dementyeva – APA. The UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will discuss the fulfillment of relevant Convention in Azerbaijan in Geneva on April 1-2.
APA reports quoting UN information center that the Committee, composed of 18 independent experts will discuss the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in Sweden and Costa Rica.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in December, 2006, came into force in May, 2008 and was ratified by 143 states. Azerbaijan ratified the document in 2009.