On April 22, 2016, the Consultative Council for Monitoring the Implementation, Promotion and Protection of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilitiesheld another working meeting, which wasattended by Public Defender Ucha Nanuashvili, First Deputy Public Defender Paata Beltadze and invited members of the Council.

The meeting was opened by the Public Defender. The Council discussed the issues put on the agenda: activities planned and implemented for monitoring of the promotion, protection and implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the state’s preliminary report on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; the monitoring methodology and participation of members of the Consultative Council in preparation of other alternative reports on the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

At the end of the meeting, discussion was held about various issues related to the monitoring of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

The next meeting of the Council will be held within two months.