The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities today concluded its consideration of the initial report of Bangladesh on its implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Committee Experts commended Bangladesh for incorporating the Convention in domestic law, and asked questions on infanticide and on support for employment of persons with disabilities.
Danlami Umaru Basharu, Committee Expert and Country Co-Rapporteur, noted the tremendous improvements made in the field of human rights in Bangladesh, particularly through domesticating the Convention into law through the passage of the 2013 rights and protection of persons with disabilities act, and through translating the Convention into Bangla, including a child-friendly version.
Several Experts addressed the issue of infanticide. What steps, an Expert asked, had been taken to break the culture of infanticide of children with disabilities at birth? Vivian Fernández De Torrijos, Committee Expert and Country Co-Rapporteur, said that an appropriate monitoring mechanism needed to be established regarding infanticide.
A Committee Expert said that recruitment policies were incompatible with the Convention. The one per cent quota for the employment of persons with disabilities in the public...
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