The rights of persons with disabilities in a post-conflict Ukraine and the failures of international law
This is the text of a talk delivered at "International law, conflict and disabilities: How do international conflicts affect disabled people?", webinar organized by Bringing [Dis]Ability to the Bar and Goldsmith Chambers on 29 March 2022. It briefly raises questions about how international law can protect persons with disabilities in post-conflict areas, with particular reference to Ukraine. First of all, I would like to thank Bringing my (Dis)Ability to the Bar and Goldsmith Chambers for organizing the event, and for inviting me to join the discussion. Even though Russia's invasion of Ukraine rightly monopolizes information spaces on traditional and new media, the space given to minority problems, which are exacerbated by the ongoing conflict, remains minimal, if not entirely absent, and events like this are fundamental for remembering which problems arise during a conflict, and which ones are ready to emerge as soon as the conflict ends. With my speech I intend to focu...