This report focuses on the independent national framework required of States parties to the CRPD pursuant to its Article 33 (2-3). It presents the criteria stipulated and applied by the CRPD Committee to assess the compliance of such a framework with Article 33 (2-3). The report also presents the criteria stipulated and applied by the Sub-Committee on Accreditation of the Global Alliance of National Human Rights Institutions [hereinafter the SCA] to assess the compliance of a designated CRPD Article 33 (2-3) framework with the Principles relating to the Status of National Institutions [hereinafter the Paris Principles].