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The Disability Data Advocacy toolkit: Better information for better policies
Data is critical for the realization of the rights of persons with disabilities. Without it, marginalization is perpetuated, and the discrimination encountered by persons with disabilities around thw world remains unaddressed.
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The CRPD Committee closes its 24th session
Today, the CRPD Committee closed its 24th session. During this session, the Committee held its first-ever online constructive dialogue with and adopted concluding observations on Estonia. The documents adopted during the sessions, as well as statements delivered in the opening (March 8th) and closing (April 1st), will be available here.
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14th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the UN CRPD (2021)
The 14th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is scheduled to take place on Tuesday, June 15th through Thursday, June 17th at the UN headquarters in New York.
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Registration for COSP 13’s Virtual Civil Society Forum on 2 December 2020 is now open!
This year's Civil Society Forum is coming soon, and for the first time, it will be fully online. To help you navigate it, we have prepared a description of the sessions that will be available, and the links to register. To start, please register for the HOUR 1 Plenary Session, and then choose the breakout sessions for HOUR 2 and HOUR 3. See below which ones interest you, and mark your calendar!
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CRPD Elections 2020: The GQUAL Campaign, IDA and IDDC call States Parties to achieve gender parity in CRPD Committee
On November 30th, States Parties will elect 9 of the 18 members of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the independent body of experts entrusted with the international monitoring of the Convention on the rights