Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the “Committee”) in advance of its upcoming public session on the situation of ...

(Bishkek, March 6, 2026) – Women with disabilities in Kyrgyzstan face alarming rates of harassment, physical and sexual abuse, and economic discrimination, despite legal reforms, Human Rights Watch ...

The author at a National Council on Independent Living march and rally in Washington on July 22, 2025. I voted for the first time on my 18th birthday. I navigated my wheelchair through a community ...

Seven years ago, while sitting in my eighth-floor apartment with my toddler, I heard a voice over the intercom: Our building had a gas leak, and we needed to evacuate. A few weeks prior, a coffee shop ...

The ground is designed to give organisations run by disabled people a direct and ongoing role in shaping national policy. In ...

Deputy Human Rights Minister Mugiyanto has said that the fulfillment of human rights for persons with disabilities is not ...

A recommendation by the National Human Rights Commission to deploy educational support personnel so that students with disabilities can participate without discrimination in the ‘Neulbom Selective ...