Why Disability Inclusion Matters | Human Rights Watch
Nov 28, 2023 · The late disability rights pioneer Judy Heumann said, “When other people see you as a third-class citizen, the first thing you need is a belief in yourself and the knowledge that you have rights ...
Disability Rights - Human Rights Watch
Oct 16, 2023 · Disability Rights. Worldwide, more than 1 billion individuals have a disability. In many countries, people with disabilities face countless abuses: they are denied the chance to go to school ...
Leave No One Behind - Human Rights Watch
Nov 7, 2022 · Between March 2021 and October 2022, Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 100 people, including people with disabilities, their families, disability and climate change activists and experts ...
“No One Represents Us” - Human Rights Watch
Sep 16, 2021 · [20] Human Rights Watch telephone interview with Ahmed al-Ghizzi, director of Voice of Iraqi Disabled association, Baghdad, May 19, 2021. [21] United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons ...
Women with Disabilities are Rights Holders, Not Passive Recipients …
Mar 8, 2024 · Women's Rights. Olga, a 45-year-old woman with cerebral palsy, seldom leaves her home to participate in gatherings with friends or other social activities. Besides going to the same school she’s ...
“They Stay until They Die” - Human Rights Watch
May 23, 2018 · In addition, Human Rights Watch researchers interviewed 171 people, including children with disabilities and their families, adults with disabilities in institutions, disability rights advocates ...
It’s Time for Mexico to Ensure Rights for People with Disabilities
July 2, 2019 12:00AM EDT. It’s Time for Mexico to Ensure Rights for People with Disabilities. Published in: The New York Times. Carlos Ríos Espinosa. Associate Director, Disability Rights ...
“Complicit in Exclusion” - Human Rights Watch
Aug 18, 2015 · South Africa was one of the first countries to ratify the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in 2007, and is a party to five key international human rights treaties and ...
Persons with Disabilities in the Context of Armed Conflict
Jun 8, 2021 · Since 2015, Human Rights Watch has investigated the impact of armed conflicts and humanitarian emergencies on persons with disabilities. We have published our findings in over 22 publications on ...
Sterilization of Women and Girls with Disabilities - Human Rights …
Nov 10, 2011 · The Committee on the Rights of the Childhas identified forced sterilization of girls with disabilities as a form of violence [13] and noted that State parties to the Convention on the Rights of ...