11th Conference of States Parties on CRPD

UN

June 28, 2018

The 11th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP) to the Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was held between 12-14 June in New York. Both ENNHRI and GANHRI representatives attended the meeting.

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ENNHRI is a membership organisation incorporated as an international not-for-profit association under Title III of the Belgian law of 27 June 1921, with its registered office at Rue Royale 138, Brussels (company number 0541.593.956). ENNHRI’s goal, as stated in its statutes, is to enhance the promotion and protection of human rights across wider Europe.