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11th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the UN CRPD- New York, USA

12/06/2018 - 14/06/2018

The 11th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities will take place from Tuesday 12 to Thursday 14 June 2017 at UN Headquarters in New York. On Monday 11 June, a Civil Society CRPD Forum will be held to complement the Conference.

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted by the General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Article 40 of the Convention stipulates that “The States Parties shall meet regularly in a Conference of States Parties in order to consider any matter with regard to the implementation of the present Convention.” Since 2008, ten sessions of the Conference of States Parties have been held at United Nations Headquarters, New York.

The 11th session will expect to feature among other agenda items an election of 9 members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.


Overarching Theme

“Leaving no one behind through the full implementation of the CRPD”

Sub-themes:

1. National fiscal space, public-private partnerships and international cooperation for strengthening the implementation of the CRPD
2. Women and girls with disabilities
3. Political participation and equal recognition before the law

Cross-cutting theme:

Promoting high-quality disability statistics and disaggregation of data by disability status for the full realization of the rights of persons with disabilities

Bureau

President: Bulgaria (Eastern European Group)

Vice-Presidents: Tunisia (African Group), Sri Lanka (Asia-Pacific Group), Ecuador (Latin American and Caribbean Group) and Germany (Western European and Others Group)

Documents (forthcoming)

  • Provisional Agenda
  • Background note for the Roundtable One: National fiscal space, public-private partnerships and international cooperation for strengthening the implementation of the CRPD;
  • Background note for the Roundtable Two: Women and girls with disabilities;
  • Background note for the Roundtable Three: Political participation and equal recognition before the law
  • PaperSmart Portal (for document/statements; queries: papersmart4@un.org)

Election of the Members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Civil Society Participation

Participation of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)

Venue

United Nations Headquarters
ECOSOC Chamber
New York, NY 10017 United States
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