Ukraine - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - Call for Input - February 2023
Country: Ukraine
Issues: Disability Rights
Mechanism: UN Committee 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, as well as others, in Ukraine to receive reports about their own experiences since the Russian invasion. The Advocates has conducted interviews and documented its findings. The scope of this report focuses on those first hand reports received by The Advocates that focused on experiences of the disabled and ill, as well as those attempting to assist them.