Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Valentina Della Fina is Director of research in international law at the Institute for International Legal Studies of the National Research Council of Italy (ISGI-CNR). She holds a Ph.D. in law of international organizations from the University of Teramo. Her researches focus mainly on international human rights law, contemporary practice in international humanitarian law, and corporate social responsibility. She has a consolidated scientific background in the field of the rights of persons with disabilities. She is author of several articles and coeditor of the books La Convenzione delle Nazioni Unite sui diritti delle persone con disabilità. Commentario (Aracne, Rome, 2010); Promoting Equal Rights for People with Autism in the Field of Employment and Education. International, European and National Perspectives (Springer, 2015) and The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. A Commentary (Springer, 2017).

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. The Negotiations of the CRPD Monitoring System.- Chapter 3. Membership, Internal Rules and Structure of the CRPD Committee.- Chapter 4. Sessions and Meetings of the CRPD Committee: Participatory Process and Accessibility.- Chapter 5. The Reporting Procedure.- Chapter 6. The Individual Communications Procedure under the Optional Protocol.- Chapter 7. The Inquiry Procedure under the Optional Protocol and the Special Procedures.- Chapter 8. The Role of the CRPD Committee in Interpreting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.- Chapter 9. The Promotion of the Rights of Persons through the CRPD Committee’s Work: Final Remarks.