UN Side Event June 11th: US Disability Community Responds to Attacks on Inclusion, Cuts in Funding

Disability Rights International (DRI) & United States International Council on Disabilities (USICD) cohosted this 2 part UN COSP side-event exploring international implications of recent developments in the United States and around the world.

Standing Up for Disability Inclusion & International Engagement in a Time of Adversity: A Global Response from the US Disability Community 

UN COSP Side Event Remarks by Gerard Quinn: The Decline and Future Reconstruction of the US Civil Rights Model on Disability

Remarks by Gerard Quinn, Former UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Affiliated Research Faculty, Raoul Wallenberg Institute (University of Lund) for the UN COSP 18 Side Event that took place on June 11, 2025 - Standing Up for Disability Inclusion & International Engagement in a Time of Adversity: A Global Response from the US Disability Community

DRI sponsored UN COSP virtual side-event on June 9th - Overcoming abuse, trauma, and exclusion in indigenous communities

Disability Rights International (DRI) hosted this UN COSP virtual side-event exploring the challenges that indigenous people with disabilities are facing in communities in Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and the United States.

Overcoming abuse, trauma, and exclusion in indigenous communities: 
Innovative approaches to mental health and education
Monday, June 9 | 11:30-12:45 PM ET
Zoom Webinar

Speakers:

Introduction & Moderator:

Community Forum on US Foreign Policy and Funding Cuts: Understanding the Impact on the Global Disability Community

MEETING REPORT AND ACTION STEPS NOW AVAILABLE (click read more below)

DRI and USICD hosted an international gathering bringing together disability, human rights, and international development leaders to discuss the impact on people with disabilities of Trump Administration foreign policy changes and funding cuts.