Events - 21 Sep 08:1711th session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD

Event

UN Plaza, New York

The 11th session Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) will take place at the United Nations Headquarters, New York, from 12 to 14 June 2018. More information about the session, including agenda, programme, documentation and other substantive and logistic details, will be in forthcoming. 

 The CRPD was adopted by the UN General Assembly by its resolution 61/106 of 13 December 2006. It came into force on 3 May 2008 upon the 20th ratification. Since 2008, ten sessions of the Conference of States Parties have been held at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

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