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July 11, 2025 Statement

HRW Submission to the UN CRPD on the situation of persons with disabilities in Gaza and the West Bank

July 2025

June 21, 2025 Dispatches

UK Social Security Plans Will Harm People With Disabilities

Proposed Benefit Cuts Will Worsen Poverty and Undermine Rights

Disability rights activists march in London against social security cuts as the UK’s Chancellor Rachel Reeves presents her “Spring Statement” or mini-budget, March 26, 2025.

June 19, 2025 Dispatches

Transforming Mental Health Crisis Support

From Kampala to New York, Sharing Support and Inspiration

June 10, 2025 Statement

Statement in occasion of the 18th Session of the Conference of States Parties to the CRPD

By Kabale Benon Kitafuna, 2025 Marca Bristo Fellow at Human Rights Watch

June 9, 2025 Commentary

Taking Charge of Your Life: Rethinking Support and Care Systems

June 4, 2025 Dispatches

Armenia’s Justice System Excludes Persons with Psychosocial Disabilities

Authorities Should Ensure Equal Access to Due Process

The Criminal Court of Appeal building in Yerevan, Armenia, July 12, 2018.

May 14, 2025 Dispatches

UN Security Council Should Commit to People with Disabilities

Action Needed to Improve Protection, Access to Aid in Armed Conflict

A doctor adjusts the cover on the amputated leg of a 5-year-old Palestinian girl at the Artificial Limbs and Polio Center in Gaza City, February 26, 2025.

April 30, 2025 Statement

Care and Support for Children with Disabilities within the Family Environment and its Gendered Dimensions

Submission to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

April 24, 2025 Dispatches

New Peru Legislation Threatens Disability Rights

President Boluarte Should Veto Amendment and Support Deinstitutionalization Efforts

A view of the Congress building in Lima, Peru, September 17, 2018.

April 17, 2025 Dispatches

Ensuring Essential Sun Protection for Persons with Albinism

SPF50+ Sunscreen Key for Health and Life

A man with albinism covers himself in sunscreen prepared by members of an NGO on August 18, 2016, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire.

April 17, 2025 Letter

Human Rights Watch Letter Supporting the Inclusion of SPF50+ in the WHO List of Essential Medicines

April 15, 2025 Commentary

A Life Cut Short by Systemic Failure in Brazil

Urgent Need for Community Support for People with Disabilities to Live Independently

March 27, 2025 Dispatches

UN Committee Criticizes Canada’s Immigration Detention Practices

Experts Urge End to Immigration Detention

An officer demonstrates locking the door of a wet cell at the Toronto Immigration Holding Centre

March 27, 2025 Commentary

Caring for Inclusion: Advancing Support Systems at the Global Disability Summit

March 27, 2025 Statement

Canada: Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 32nd Session

January 2025

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