Disability Rights
Worldwide one billion individuals have a disability. Many people with disabilities live in conflict settings or in developing countries, where they experience a range of barriers to education, health care and other basic services. In many countries, they are subjected to violence and discrimination. People with disabilities are also often deprived of their right to live independently, as many are locked up in institutions, shackled, or cycled through the criminal justice system. Many of these human rights abuses are a result of entrenched stigma and a lack of community-based services essential to ensuring their rights, including under the UN Convention of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Our goal is to help change that, working closely together with disabled persons’ organizations and other partners. Download the complete brochure.
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“It Was Really Hard to Protect Myself”
Impact of the Armed Conflict in Syria on Children with Disabilities
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France: Afghan Evacuees Need Mental Health Support
French Authorities Should Provide More Assistance
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News
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All Asylum Seekers Need Access to Mental Health Care
EU Should View Protections It Offered Ukrainians as Model
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Palestine: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
17th Pre-Sessional Working Group
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Barriers Kill: Mexico Should Protect Women with Disabilities from Violence
In Honor of Guadalupe Huerta Mora
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Inquest Highlights Abuses in Canada’s Immigration Detention
Government Should End Inhumane Incarceration for Immigration Detainees in Jails
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Human Rights Watch Mourns Loss of Judy Heumann
Disability Rights Activist Was a Trailblazer, Visionary
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Mexico Needs to Change Its Disabling Legal System
Government Should Act on Momentum to Eliminate Guardianship
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People with Disabilities in Humanitarian Emergencies and Situations of Risk
Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Regarding Article 11 of the CRPD
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Mexico: Bill to Support People With Disabilities and Older Persons
Guarantee Everyone’s Right to Make Their Own Decisions
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Submission on the General Comment on Children’s Rights and the Environment with a Special Focus on Climate Change
February 2023
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UN Message to Ghana on Mental Health Care
At Human Rights Council, Countries Condemn the Practice of Shackling
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