15th Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon its 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States Parties shall meet regularly in a Conference of States Parties (COSP) in order to consider any matter with regard to the implementation of the present Convention.”
The Fifteenth Session(in-person format) will take place on 14 to 16 June 2022 both virtually and onsite at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, during which an election of nine members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will be conducted.
All meetings will be streamed live on UN Web TV at: https://media.un.org.
Overarching theme: Building disability-inclusive and participatory societies in the COVID context and beyond
Sub theme 1: Innovation and technology advancing disability rights
Sub theme 2: Economic empowerment and entrepreneurship of persons with disabilities
Sub theme 3: Participation of persons with disabilities in climate action, disaster risk reduction and resilience against natural disasters
Civil Society Participation
- Registration for NGOs with ECOSOC status and NGOs Accredited to the Conference of State Parties is open: The deadline is 31 May 2022.
- Civil Society Forum: The Civil Society Coordination Mechanism, facilitated by the International Disability Alliance (IDA) will host a Civil Society Forum on Monday 13 June 2022. More information coming soon here: un.org/development/desa/disabilities/conference-of-states-parties-to-the-convention-on-the-rights-of-persons-with-disabilities-2/cosp15.html
- For questions, please contact directly the secretariat of the civil society coordination mechanism, via email to Ms. Erin Hardin at ehardin@ida-secretariat.org.
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CoNGO Notes: For more information on the NGO Committee on Human Rights, please email the co-chairs at bknotts@uua.org or bobbinassar@yahoo.com. For more information on the NGO Committee for Rare Diseases, please visit ngocommitteerarediseases.org.