Initial Report of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on the Implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (hereafter DPRK) signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereafter Convention) on July 3, 2013 and ratified it on November 23, 2016. The Convention entered into force in the DPRK on January 7, 2017.
In accordance with its obligations under article 35 of the Convention, the DPRK prepared this Report following the guidelines of the United Nations on the writing of reports by States Parties implementing human rights treaties (HRI/GEN/2/Rev.5) and the guidelines of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding reports on the implementation of the Convention (CONVENTION/C/2/3). ......
