WEI Submission to OHCHR: Comments for Report on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities

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Women Enabled International Submission to OHCHR: Comments for Report on Access to Justice for Persons with Disabilities

May 1, 2017

Effective access to justice is essential for ensuring the respect, protection, and fulfilment of all human rights. Women and girls with disabilities, however, experience disproportionate barriers to accessing 1 justice due to discrimination and stereotypes that are based on both their gender and disability. This lack of access to justice—itself a violation of their rights—increases the vulnerability of women with disabilities to other human rights violations, including violations of their bodily integrity and right to be free from violence, as perpetrators of this violence realize that they can act with impunity when the justice system fails to address the violence.

This submission will briefly outline some general observations and legal standards surrounding access to justice for women with disabilities, providing examples of how barriers to accessing justice play out on the ground in several states. It will then provide some recommendations for OHCHR to consider including as part of its study on Article 13 of the CRPD.

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