The fourth day of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#COSP16) was very similar to the third day, with a lot of the conference agenda being roundtables, side events and interactive dialogues. The networking, learning, and relationship-building with both the Australians at the UN, and our…
The third day of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#COSP16) saw the action move primarily to UN conference rooms, as the conference agenda shifted toward roundtables and side events. What does this shift mean? It means a whole lot of networking, learning, and relationship-building with…
The second day of the Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (#COSP16) saw the action move to the General Assembly Hall, where the opening session was held and general debate for the conference started. We heard remarks from: António Guterres (Secretary-General of the United Nations) Csaba Kőrösi…
Today was the first day of the 16th Conference of State Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) otherwise known as COSP16 – and what a first day it was! DPO Australia members have sent 10 delegates, including two youth delegates, to #COSP16. The first order of business was to…
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Today was our last day here in Geneva. We observed the final dialogue between the Australian government and the Committee of the CRPD. The Committee made some very pointed comments about Australia’s implementation of the CRPD. The Committee stated that there has been very little progress made in the six years since the concluding observations…
