Ukraine - Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Call for Inputs - May 2022
Country: Ukraine
Issues: Disability Rights
Mechanism: UN Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
Report Type: Call for Inputs
After the Russian invasion of Ukraine occurred on February 24, 2022, The Advocates for Human Rights reached out to its contacts of women's and human rights advocates in Ukraine to receive reports about their own experiences since the Russian invasion. The Advocates has conducted interviews and documented its findings.
The Advocates submitted information to the UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities regarding the situation of persons with disabilities in the context of the war in Ukraine. The scope of this information focuses on those firsthand reports received by The Advocates that focused on experiences of the disabled and ill, as well as those attempting to assist them.
This information was submitted to the Special Rapporteur and is not available to the public.
