IAAP CPACC EXAMS: A+ GUIDE WITH THE LATEST
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How many countries and regional integration organizations signed the CRPD?
over 160
How many countries and regional integration organizations ratified the CRPD?
more than 180
The EU's relationship with the CRPD
The European Union signed the CRPD as a block, but EU Member States ratified it
individually, as did the EU. As a result, the EU implements the Convention and reports
on it at both EU and national levels.
States parties must do what when implementing the CRPD?
They must establish a framework to promote, protect and monitor the implementation of
the convention.
What does The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities do?
They regularly review the implementation of the CRPD, with a process informed by
organizations representing people with disabilities. As part of the review, the Committee
compiles a List of Issues, which considers written input from non-government
organizations (NGOs)
What does Article 9 Accessibility in the CRPD enable?
To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all
aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with
disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to
transportation, to information and communications, including information and
communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or
provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas.
The measures in Article 9 Accessibility in the CRPD, which includes the
identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility, applies to
what two areas?
a. Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including
schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces;
,b. Information, communications and other services, including electronic services and
emergency services.
Article 9 Accessibility in the CRPD said parties should take appropriate measures
to do what?
a. To develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum standards and
guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public;
b. To ensure that private entities that offer facilities and services which are open or
provided to the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for persons with
disabilities;
c. To provide training for stakeholders on accessibility issues facing persons with
disabilities;
d. To provide in buildings and other facilities open to the public signage in Braille and in
easy to read and understand forms;
e. To provide forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including guides, readers and
professional sign language interpreters, to facilitate accessibility to buildings and other
facilities open to the public;
f. To promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support to persons with
disabilities to ensure their access to information;
g. To promote access for persons with disabilities to new information and
communications technologies and systems, including the Internet;
h. To promote the design, development, production and distribution of accessible
information and communications technologies and systems at an early stage, so that
these technologies and systems become accessible at minimum cost.
, What is the purpose of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published
Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled?
to ensure that people who have vision or other print disabilities have access to books
and other printed materials
When was The Marrakesh Treaty adopted?
June 27, 2013
What does The Marrakesh Treaty create and how does it do this? What does it
also allow?
Since a major obstacle for making books available in accessible formats is copyright
limitations, the Treaty creates a copyright exception. It means people with print disability
and their organizations do not need to ask permission to create copyrighted print
materials in accessible formats and to distribute them to other people with print disability
and their organizations. The Treaty also allows the import and export of accessible
format versions.
Even after the CRPD, why are regional treaties still important?
They can reflect and address regional issues; fill gaps or strengthen monitoring and
enforcement. They can also serve as a basis to bring complaints against the states
before the regional human rights tribunals (e.g. European Court of Human Rights, the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples'
Rights).
What year was The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union was
adopted?
2002
What year was The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was signed?
1950
Who are party to The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
all Council of Europe member states (nearly all countries in geographical Europe) are
party to the convention
What does the ECHR grant?
fundamental civil and political rights to all
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
How many countries and regional integration organizations signed the CRPD?
over 160
How many countries and regional integration organizations ratified the CRPD?
more than 180
The EU's relationship with the CRPD
The European Union signed the CRPD as a block, but EU Member States ratified it
individually, as did the EU. As a result, the EU implements the Convention and reports
on it at both EU and national levels.
States parties must do what when implementing the CRPD?
They must establish a framework to promote, protect and monitor the implementation of
the convention.
What does The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities do?
They regularly review the implementation of the CRPD, with a process informed by
organizations representing people with disabilities. As part of the review, the Committee
compiles a List of Issues, which considers written input from non-government
organizations (NGOs)
What does Article 9 Accessibility in the CRPD enable?
To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and participate fully in all
aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure to persons with
disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to
transportation, to information and communications, including information and
communications technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services open or
provided to the public, both in urban and in rural areas.
The measures in Article 9 Accessibility in the CRPD, which includes the
identification and elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility, applies to
what two areas?
a. Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including
schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces;
,b. Information, communications and other services, including electronic services and
emergency services.
Article 9 Accessibility in the CRPD said parties should take appropriate measures
to do what?
a. To develop, promulgate and monitor the implementation of minimum standards and
guidelines for the accessibility of facilities and services open or provided to the public;
b. To ensure that private entities that offer facilities and services which are open or
provided to the public take into account all aspects of accessibility for persons with
disabilities;
c. To provide training for stakeholders on accessibility issues facing persons with
disabilities;
d. To provide in buildings and other facilities open to the public signage in Braille and in
easy to read and understand forms;
e. To provide forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including guides, readers and
professional sign language interpreters, to facilitate accessibility to buildings and other
facilities open to the public;
f. To promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support to persons with
disabilities to ensure their access to information;
g. To promote access for persons with disabilities to new information and
communications technologies and systems, including the Internet;
h. To promote the design, development, production and distribution of accessible
information and communications technologies and systems at an early stage, so that
these technologies and systems become accessible at minimum cost.
, What is the purpose of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published
Works for Persons who are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled?
to ensure that people who have vision or other print disabilities have access to books
and other printed materials
When was The Marrakesh Treaty adopted?
June 27, 2013
What does The Marrakesh Treaty create and how does it do this? What does it
also allow?
Since a major obstacle for making books available in accessible formats is copyright
limitations, the Treaty creates a copyright exception. It means people with print disability
and their organizations do not need to ask permission to create copyrighted print
materials in accessible formats and to distribute them to other people with print disability
and their organizations. The Treaty also allows the import and export of accessible
format versions.
Even after the CRPD, why are regional treaties still important?
They can reflect and address regional issues; fill gaps or strengthen monitoring and
enforcement. They can also serve as a basis to bring complaints against the states
before the regional human rights tribunals (e.g. European Court of Human Rights, the
Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Court on Human and Peoples'
Rights).
What year was The Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union was
adopted?
2002
What year was The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) was signed?
1950
Who are party to The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR)?
all Council of Europe member states (nearly all countries in geographical Europe) are
party to the convention
What does the ECHR grant?
fundamental civil and political rights to all
