Category: Peace & Security

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The Hidden Disability Rights Crisis in Post-Coup Myanmar

UN Special Rapporteur Tom Andrews denounces widespread oppression

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Access to Health Systems for Older Persons in Conflict Areas

The second event in UNITAR’s virtual roundtable series ‘Mainstreaming Knowledge on Ageing’

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Wading into the Mainstream

Building disability rights bridges across institutional silos to strengthen the global sustaining peace agenda

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Disability Inclusion’s Role in U.S. Foreign Policy

In conversation with U.S. Department of State Special Advisor Sara Minkara

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Disability as a Missing Dimension in Disarmament Diplomacy

Side event on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly First Committee (Disarmament and International Security)

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Persons with Disabilities and the Slave Trade

Professors Michael Stein and Janet Lord discuss opportunities for the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court to address critical gaps

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Inclusive Accountability

The current state of international criminal law and disability

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Strengthening International Humanitarian Legal Protections for Marginalized Groups

Accounting for children, women, and persons with disabilities

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Movement and Cohesion in the Disability, Peace, and Security Agenda

Conference of States Parties to the UN Convention on the Persons with Disabilities side event

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War Crime and No Punishment?

Gaps in International Humanitarian Legal Protections for Persons with Disabilities

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Disability and Armed Conflict in Colombia

The need for inclusive disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration processes

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Disability Rights and Crimes Against Humanity

The need to prosecute egregious and systemic human rights violations against persons with disabilities

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Professor Michael Stein Addresses U.N. Security Council

The Impact of Armed Conflict on Persons with Disabilities

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