Date: Jun 17, 2022 10:00 AM in Eastern Time (US and Canada)
During times of war and emergency how can children and adults in institutions be protected without reinforcing segregated systems of service? What have recent experiences from Ukraine taught us about the challenges of enforcing the right to live in the community for all people with disabilities?
Panelists will discuss immediate challenges facing humanitarian relief agencies as they respond to children with disabilities in Ukraine’s orphanages or recently evacuated to neighboring countries. The panel will be informed by the findings of DRI’s recent report, Left Behind in the War: Dangers Facing Children with Disabilities In Ukraine’s Orphanages.
Humanitarian relief groups and disability activists from Ukraine and Romania will emphasize the importance of supporting disability organizations to implement emergency relief and long-term efforts toward community inclusion. Speakers will address the need to update legal standards on international humanitarian relief in light of the CRPD.
Speakers
- Moderator: Eric Rosenthal, Executive Director, Disability Rights International
- Gerard Quinn, UN Special Rapporteur on Disability
- Halyna Kurylo, Director of Ukraine’s Rapid Response, Disability Rights International
- Georgiana Pascu, Senior Program Manager, Center for Legal Resources
- Rumania Mariya Yasenovska, European Disability Forum, Ukraine
- Marianna, Rodina, NGO Family for Persons with Disabilities, Ukraine
- David Barth, Vice President of International Programs, Save the Children