Social Structures
Author: Iryna Tekuchova, PhD Researcher, Department of Law, Maynooth University
The health application on my phone notified me that, within the three days that comprised the 15th session of the UN Conference of State Parties to the CRPD (the UN COSP 15), I walked 18 km. And these 18 km, 23687 steps, were made only in the New York UN Headquarters: a 39-floor building located on 17 acres of land, with the General Assembly Hall capable of accommodating 1158 country delegates and hundreds of NGO representatives. So, what is the UN COSP, and what is behind its agenda that turns you into an ‘athlete’?
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