The WFD organised a meeting with its ordinary and associate members to discuss the upcoming election of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the period 2025-2028.
Only two deaf individuals have served on the Committee, and for one term only between 2017 and 2020. Deaf people have not been fully represented on the CRPD Committee for much of its history. For the upcoming election, we are supporting a deaf candidate, Mr. Hiroshi Tamon from Japan. We have called on our members to take action to support his candidacy. To date, 39 Ordinary and Associate Members have signed a joint call to support Mr Tamon.
A WFD delegation will be at the UN headquarters in June 2024 and will be able to support its campaign at COSP17.
