Panel, UN Special Rapporteur to hold event at COSP9

​The Inspection Panel and Catalina Devandas Aguilar, the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, will co-sponsor an event at the 9th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (COSP9.) The event, “Introduction to the World Bank’s Inspection Panel,” will be held on Wednesday, June 15, from 10-11:30 a.m. in conference room 11 at UN Headquarters in New York. The session is intended to inform the disability community about the Panel’s mandate and procedures, and will discuss the role civil society organizations could play in monitoring projects. The event will also include Mohammed Ali Loutfy, executive director of the Arab Forum for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, DPI, Arab Regional Office.

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