Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities

Blog posts & press:

Mexico: Risks at Border for Those with Disabilities (Human Rights Watch, Oct. 2019) [text]

A Promise as a Right (RefLaw Blog, Nov. 2019) [text]
- Discusses a South Korean case in which "courts grappled with whether refugees were entitled to disability benefits and how to define that right, making the first major decision on refugee rights in Korea."

Understanding the Mobile Disability Gap in Refugee Contexts (Mobile for Development Blog, Sept. 2019) [text]

Reports & journal articles:

"Childhood Experiences of North Korean Refugees at the Intersection of Disability and Refugee Status," Canadian Journal of Children's Rights, vol. 6, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

"Critical Reflections on the Process of Developing a Resource Manual for Service Providers Working with Immigrants & Refugees with Disabilities," Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, vol. 8, no. 5 (2019) [open access]

DG ECHO Operational Guidance: The Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in EU-funded Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO, Jan. 2019) [text]

Excluded: Living with Disabilities in Yemen’s Armed Conflict (Amnesty International, Dec. 2019) [text]

Guidelines: Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action (IASC Task Team on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action, July 2019; endorsed by IASC Oct. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Including Everyone: Strengthening the Collection and Use of Data about Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Situations (Unicef, Humanity & Inclusion, International Disability Alliance, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action: 39 Examples of Field Practices, and Learnings from 20 Countries, for All Phases of Humanitarian Response (CBM International, Humanity & Inclusion, and International Disability Alliance, Dec. 2019) [text via ReliefWeb]

“Legal Capacity of and Access to Justice for Refugees with Disabilities in Africa,” De Jure Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 1 (2019) [open access]

"The Regressive Power of Labels of Vulnerability Affecting Disabled Asylum Seekers in the UK," Disability & Society, Latest Articles, 27 July 2019 [open access]

Related post:
- Thematic Focus: Persons with Disabilities & Older People (25 July 2019)

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