Feature: Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - The path to the first periodic review of Japan and future directions

• Significance and Utilization of Concluding Observations - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – After the Review of the First State Party Report
• A Human Rights Model of Disabilities through an Initial Review Hearing
• The role played by civil society in Japan’s periodic review
• Efforts of the Community Life Support Center in the Southern Area of Miyagi Prefecture
• Beyond the first step