A delegation of MEPs joined the 19th session of the Conference of States Parties (COSP19) to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UN CRPD) from Tuesday 9 to Thursday 11 June. They were led by Li Andersson (The Left, FI), Chair of Parliament’s Employment and Social Affairs Committee. The delegation also included MEPs from the Civil Liberties, Justice, and Home Affairs Committee and the Petitions Committee.

MEPs Giusi Princi (EPP, IT), Rosa Estaràs Ferragut (EPP, ES), Alex Agius Saliba (S&D, MT), Assita Kanko (ECR, BE), and Katrin Langensiepen (Greens/EFA, DE) joined the delegation.

They held bilateral meetings on issues facing persons with disabilities and participated in several side events on this year’s topic: the 20th anniversary of the UN CRPD, with subthemes on strengthening care and support systems and boosting the political participation of persons with disabilities.

Alongside other meetings where parliamentarians contributed as speakers, the…