Reporting by the Nordic countries to the UN
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the UN General Assembly in 2006 and entered into force in 2008. The main objective of the Convention is to ensure that the human rights of persons with disabilities are fulfilled.
All of the Nordic countries have ratified the Convention. In Finland, human rights have been incorporated into Finnish legislation. In the other Nordic countries, the Convention is included as a relevant source of law used by courts and in other work on legislation.
Once a country has ratified, legally endorsed, the convention, the process of reporting about how the country lives up to the tenets of the convention is initiated.
Two years after ratification, the country submits an initial report on what it has done to make the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities a reality.
At the same time, civil society, and in particular the disability organisations, is given an opportunity to write what are known as shadow reports.
After reporting, a date for a review by the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will be set. The country will be given a list of issues about which the committee would like to learn more, in a dialogue that takes place at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
Some time after the dialogue, the country will receive a summary of observations describing what should be improved by the next reporting deadline. It will also be determined when the next reporting is to occur.
Denmark, the Faroe Islands and Greenland
- Initial report 2011
- List of issues 2014
- Answer to the list of issues 2014
- Concluding observations 2014
- Follow-up on concluding observations 2015
- Combined second and third report 2020
- Consultation on the report, Greenland, 2022
- Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Denmark
- Dialogue held in Geneva in August 2024
Here is a recording of the dialogue.
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k12/k12mgsbt8v
https://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1o/k1o8g8czlw - The fourth and fifth periodic reports are expected to be submitted by 24 August 2031.
- Preliminary decision date for the list of issues prior to reporting: March 2032.
- Date of dialogue: August 2035.
Finland and Åland
- Initial report 2019
- Response from Finland to the CRPD Committee on the list of questions related to the first report, 2024
- Expected date of dialogue with the CRPD Committee: August 2025.
Iceland
- Initial report 2021
- Preliminary decision date for the list of issues: September 2025.
- Date of dialogue: August 2027.
Norway
- Initial rapport 2015
- List of issues 2018
- Answer to the list of issues 2019
- Concluding observations 2019
- Visit to Norway: report of the Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2020
- Preliminary date of decision for list of issues prior to reporting: March 2027.
- Preliminary date for dialogue with the CRPD Committee: March 2030.
Sweden
- Initial report 2011
- List of issues 2013
- Answer to the list of issues 2013
- Concluding observations 2014
- Combined second and third report 2019
- Concluding observations on the combined second and third periodic reports of Sweden
- Dialogue between the state and the CRPD Committee took place on 11 and 12 March 2024, during the 30th session (4–24 March 2024).
Here is a recording of the dialogue.
http://webtv.un.org/en/asset/k1d/k1df2kmul9 - Date entered in Concluding Observations for submission of combined fourth to sixth reports: 15 January 2031.
- Preliminary decision date for the list of issues prior to reporting: September 2031.
- Preliminary date of dialogue: March 2035.
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