Part II The law: International human rights law and disability Section I Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities • Joint Statement of the Chairpersons of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies to the UN Summit, High Level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly 20-22 September 2010 on the relationship between implementation of economic and social rights and the Millennium Development Goals • Statement on Sustainable Development Goals-Addressed to the Eighth session of the Open Working Group on Sustainable Development Goals-January 2014 • Statement on disability inclusion in the Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction and Beyond • Statement on Article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: the right to liberty and security of the person. The Committee has also made statements regarding the inclusion of persons with disabilities in response to specific situations of risk and humanitarian disaster, including the earthquake in Qinghai, China, the earthquake and tsunami in Chile, and the situation in Haiti.141 4.4. 2014 GUIDELINES ON THE PARTICIPATION OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE WORK OF THE COMMITTEE In 2014, the Committee published Guidelines on the Participation of Disabled Persons Organizations (DPOs) and Civil Society Organizations in the work of the Committee.142 It is a clear and highly practical set of recommendations covering their participation in the State reporting process, thematic briefings, the elaboration of draft general comments, days of general debate, interventions in communications, inquiries, capacity building and the protection of persons against victimisation. The Committee plans to produce similar guidance for NHRIs and other ‘independent mechanisms’. It held a special meeting with representatives of such bodies on 25 September 2014 to explore the issues involved. The key outcomes of that meeting were that: • The Committee will develop guidelines on the participation of NHRIs and National Monitoring Mechanisms (NMMs) at all stages of the Committee’s work • The Committee will continue contributing to the establishment and strengthening of NHRIs and NMMs through the Committee’s concluding observations • The Committee encouraged NHRIs to avail themselves of the Committee’s support with capacity building • The Committee indicated that it will explore the possibility of working closely with NHRIs and NMMs in developing core indicators for the monitoring of the Convention • The Committee will also explore other ways of supporting the monitoring activities of NHRIs and NMMs, including by the establishment of a database to exchange information on good practices in monitoring the implementation of the Convention • The Committee emphasised the importance of the participation of organisations of persons with disabilities in national monitoring activities and identified this as a matter requiring further attention.143 141 Available at www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/newssearch.aspx?NTID=STM&MID=Committ_Disabilities. 142 CRPD/C/11/2, Annex II. 143 CRPD/C/12/2, Annex V. Chapter 4: International monitoring: The tasks and functioning of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities | 61