Partnership, Implementation & Participation Victim assistance and disability: making sense of three complementary Conventions Loren Persi

Age and gender appropriate Victim assistance Data collection Laws and policies Accessibility Participation Awareness Person

The first such treaty to recognizing the needs of victims Entered into force in States Parties 26 States Parties with significant numbers of survivors Cartagena Action Plan (CAP) Mine Ban Treaty (MBT)

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Promotes, protect and ensures the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by all persons with disabilities Entered into force signatories 126 ratifications and accessions 90 signatories to the Optional Protocol and 76 ratifications and accessions of the Protocol

Victim assistance is a legal obligation Entered in to force in countries have joined the Convention; 77 are States Parties Vientiane Action Plan (VAP) Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)

 Inter-ministerial & Inter-sectoral coordination /focal point  Availability of services and access to services  Use of standards/good practices  Meaningful inclusion and participation of survivors  Awareness about rights of persons with disabilities  In accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law  Monitoring and reporting  Planning and resources MBT & CCM Action Plans (CAP & VAP)

CRPD structures National coordination mechanism Focal point in government Enforce Minimum standards Obligation to report International cooperation

Victim assistance and the CRPD

Right to personal mobility CRPD Article 20 Ensure personal mobility with the greatest possible independence for persons with disabilities … facilitating access to quality mobility aids, devices, assistive technologies

Right to work and employment CRPD Article 27 The right to work, on an equal basis with others …access to vocational guidance programs, placement services and training

Right to participation in cultural life CRPD Article 30 The right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life recreation, leisure and sport

“Victim assistance does not require the development of new fields.....” Mine Ban Treaty Nairobi Review Conference, VA in inclusive development

Two ban treaties and the CRPD: Victim assistance implementation CCMCRPDMBT

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