Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities CRPD/C/17/D/14/2013 United Nations Convention on the Rights Distr.: Restricted of Persons with Disabilities 24 March 2017 Original: English ADVANCED UNEDITED VERSION Decision adopted by the Committee article 5 of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 14/2013*, ** D.R. (represented by counsel Phillip Submitted by: French) The author Alleged victim: Australia party: 14 August 2013 (initial submission) Date of communication: Decision taken pursuant to rule 70 of the Document references: Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 9 August 2012 (not issued in document form) 24 March 2017 Date of adoption of decision: Institutionalization of person with intellectual Subject matter: and mental impairment; access to social housing Admissibility exhaustion of domestic remedies Procedural issues: Discrimination on the ground of disability, Substantive issues: exercise of legal capacity, deprivation of liberty, restrictions of rights Articles 4, 5(2), 14, 18, 19, 22, 26 and 28 Articles of the Convention: Article 2 Articles of the Optional Protocol: 1. The author of the communication is Mr. D.R., an Australian national born on 18
United Nations CRPD/C/17/D/14/2013 Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ADVANCED UNEDITED VERSION Distr.: Restricted 24 March 2017 Original: English Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Decision adopted by the Committee article 5 of the Optional Protocol, concerning communication No. 14/2013*, ** Submitted by: D.R. (represented by counsel Phillip French) Alleged victim: The author party: Australia Date of communication: 14 August 2013 (initial submission) Document references: Decision taken pursuant to rule 70 of the Committee’s rules of procedure, transmitted to the State party on 9 August 2012 (not issued in document form) Date of adoption of decision: 24 March 2017 Subject matter: Institutionalization of person with intellectual and mental impairment; access to social housing Procedural issues: Admissibility exhaustion of domestic remedies Substantive issues: Discrimination on the ground of disability, exercise of legal capacity, deprivation of liberty, restrictions of rights Articles of the Convention: Articles 4, 5(2), 14, 18, 19, 22, 26 and 28 Articles of the Optional Protocol: Article 2 1. The author of the communication is Mr. D.R., an Australian national born on 18
CRPD_C_17_D_14_2013_25818_E.docx