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CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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Proposal for Resolution No. 121 /X
Considering that alongside the accountability of the whole society, governments, communities
locals, social partners and civil societies in combating discrimination of people with
Disability provided for in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, is
instituted by this Optional Protocol an international monitoring system of the
application of the Convention, through which the Committee on the Rights of Persons with
Disability, created by the Convention and composed of independent experts, will analyse the
progress verified at the national level, based on submitted national reports
by the States Party;
Considering that this Optional Protocol innovatively recognizes the right of the
individuals or group of individuals to submit individual complaints to the Committee, which
investigates the situations of default with the aim of ensuring compliance with the
obligations established by the Convention;
Considering that the Optional Protocol thus constitutes yet another historical milestone in the
warranty and promotion of the human rights of all citizens and in particular of the
people with disabilities.
Thus:
Under the terms of the paragraph d) of Article 197 (1) of the Constitution, the Government presents to the
Assembly of the Republic the following motion for a resolution:
CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS
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Approve the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disability, adopted in New York, on March 30, 2007, the text of which in the version
authenticated in the English language, as well as the respective translation into the Portuguese language, if
publish in attachment.
Seen and approved in Council of Ministers, December 30, 2008
The Prime Minister
The Minister of State and Foreign Affairs
The Minister of the Presidency
The Minister of Parliamentary Affairs