CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1 all branches and levels of government designate disability focal points with budget allocations to carry out programmes under the Convention; (b) Ensure that public authorities implementing the Convention ensure respect for the human rights model of disability, avoid labelling children with disabilities and ensure the protection of their rights under the Convention; (c) Ensure the appointment of an independent monitoring framework in accordance with the principles relating to the status of national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights (the Paris Principles) and sufficient funding for the Commission on Human Rights of the Philippines to carry out its mandate to monitor the Convention, and to enable organizations of persons with disabilities to participate throughout the monitoring and implementation of the Convention, in accordance with its article 33 (3) of the Convention, and taking into account the guidelines on independent monitoring frameworks and their participation in the work of the Committee (see CRPD/C/1/Rev.1, annex). IV. Follow-up Dissemination of information 62. The Committee emphasizes the importance of all the recommendations contained in the present concluding recommendations and would like to draw the attention of the State party to the recommendation contained in paragraphs 29 and 31 on which urgent measures must be taken. 63. The Committee requests the State party to implement the recommendations contained in the present concluding observations. It recommends that the State party transmit the concluding observations for consideration and action to members of the Government and Congress, officials in relevant ministries, the judiciary and members of relevant professional groups, such as education, medical and legal professionals, as well as to local authorities and the media, using modern social communication strategies. 64. The Committee strongly encourages the State party to involve civil society organizations, in particular organizations of persons with disabilities, in the preparation of its periodic report. 65. The Committee requests the State party to disseminate the present concluding observations widely, including to non-governmental organizations and organizations of persons with disabilities, as well as to persons with disabilities themselves and members of their families, in national and minority languages, including sign language, and in accessible formats, including Easy Read, and to make them available on the government website on human rights. Next periodic report 66. The Committee requests the State party to submit its combined second, third and fourth periodic reports by 3 June 2022, and to include therein information on the implementation of the recommendations in the present concluding observations. The Committee also requests the State party to consider submitting the above-mentioned reports under the Committee’s simplified reporting procedure, according to which the Committee prepares a list of issues at least one year prior to the due date set for the report of a State party. The replies of a State party to such a list of issues constitute its report. 14

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