UN Security Council Recommits to Protecting People with Disabilities

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Emina Ćerimović speaks at the United Nations Security Council “Arria formula” meeting on December 6, 2024. © 2024 Private On December 6, I briefed the United Nations Security Council at its first informal meeting in five years on the protection of people with disabilities in armed conflict. During the meeting, I shared evidence collected over a decade and a video from Ghazal, a 15-year-old girl with a disability from Gaza, to demonstrate that in conflict-affected communities, people with disabilities are among those most at risk, yet they remain largely…

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