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G3ict at the 17th Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP17)

Start Date: June 10, 2024

End Date: June 13, 2024

Location: New York, USA

Venue: United Nations Headquarters

Overview:

G3ict logo with the UN COSP15 banner Text Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)


The 17th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is scheduled to take place at the United Nations (UN) Headquarters in New York, from June 11 to 13, 2024, General Assembly Hall (11 June 2024) and in Conference Room 4 (12-13 June 2024).

The over-arching theme of the 17th Session is "Rethinking disability inclusion in the current international juncture and ahead of the Summit of the Future."

Sub-themes include:

  • Sub theme 1: International cooperation to promote technology innovations and transfer for an inclusive future, co-chaired by: Sri Lanka Vice President of the bureau and a civil society representative.
  • Sub theme 2: Persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies, co-chaired by: Georgia Vice President of the bureau and a civil society representative.
  • Sub theme 3: Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities to decent work and sustainable livelihood, co-chaired by: Greece Vice President of the bureau and a civil society representative.

Visit the UNDESA website for more details.

As an ECOSOC and COSP-accredited organization, G3ict will organize, co-host or participate in the following events:

COSP17 Civil Society Forum

Monday, 10 June, from 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM ET (US & Canada):

COSP Civil Society Coordination Mechanism, International Disability Alliance and UN DESA
Conference Room 4 (In person)

The Civil Society Coordination Mechanism (CSCM), which is facilitated by the International Disability Alliance, hosts a Civil Society Forum (CSF), as an addition to the COSP, to leverage the opportunity to amplify the voice and facilitate adequate and active participation of persons with disabilities.

The Civil Society Forum will follow a format of a “People’s Assembly” or a Townhall meeting. Following a brief opening, three substantive sessions will be held. The sessions will be focused on specific pre-determined topics. They will be a mirror of the three COSP Themes, as above, and focused on the civil society perspectives and issues CSOs deem most appropriate under each theme. Read the background papers before making your submission to ensure compliance!

Each session will start off in a chat show style with the moderator and one invited guest very briefly laying out the outline of the topic. There will be no panel. Once the brief introduction is done, the moderator will invite organizations that have already been shortlisted. Organizations will be allotted 3 mins, and are invited to deliver a statement, presentation or call to action on the topic in hand. Interventions will be made from the main floor (no podium).

COSP17 G3ict-Microsoft Breakfast Briefing and Open Discussion

Wednesday, 12 June, from 8:00 AM - 9:30 AM (New York Time) - By Invitation
Microsoft UN Affairs Offices in New York
"Disability Rights and Digital Accessibility in the UN Pact for the Future and Global Digital Compact"

Panelists include:

  • Ambassador Luis Gallegos Chiriboga, Chair of the Board, G3ict and UNITAR
  • Jenny Lay Flurrie, Chief Accessibility Officer, Microsoft
  • Marc Workman, CEO, World Blind Union
  • Inmaculada Placencia Porrero, Senior Expert in Disability and Inclusion at the Directorate-General Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
  • Axel Leblois, President, G3ict
  • Andrew Kirkpatrick, Special Fellow, G3ict

COSP17 Side Events

Draft List of Side Events (as of 24 May 2024)

G3ict Speaking Engagements:

Thursday, 13 June 2024