[PDF-members] Human Rights Council Panel Discussion on Climate Change and Persons with Disabilities

[Soloveni Vitoso]

Dear colleagues and friends,

We are pleased to inform you that the panel discussion on climate change and persons with disabilities is scheduled to take place during the Human Rights Council's 44th session, on 8 July from 13:00 to 15:00.

The discussion, requested by HRC resolution 41/21 on human rights and climate change<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fundocs.org%2FA%2FHRC%2FRES%2F41%2F21&data=02%7C01%7Crobert.vaughan%40one.un.org%7Cfb07a865be374fceaf1208d81f23900b%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C1%7C637293584890605157&sdata=Qx%2BfReiyQucSfVMqqRdeOtvwXkPGC%2FTxPZuPrBGpyuo%3D&reserved=0> will be informed by OHCHR's analytical study on the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of climate change (A/HRC/44/30<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fundocs.org%2FA%2FHRC%2F44%2F30&data=02%7C01%7Crobert.vaughan%40one.un.org%7Cfb07a865be374fceaf1208d81f23900b%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C1%7C637293584890615152&sdata=fhGhs96rYWUw%2BpSX%2BpcUgg64WOqiVn6%2FmbOAnd1nboc%3D&reserved=0> - Easy-to-Read version in English<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ohchr.org%2FDocuments%2FIssues%2FClimateChange%2FA_HRC_44_30_EasyToRead.docx&data=02%7C01%7Crobert.vaughan%40one.un.org%7Cfb07a865be374fceaf1208d81f23900b%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C1%7C637293584890615152&sdata=24YR3mHalU62rRiM7vzlvPJcReilKqBmLLKtC4QVjmk%3D&reserved=0>). It presents an opportunity to develop a more profound understanding of the impacts of climate change on the rights of persons with disabilities and to identify opportunities to implement a disability-inclusive approach to climate action in the context of the adverse impacts of climate change.

Panellists include Ms. Catalina Devandas Aguilar, Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities; Mr. Sébastien Jodoin, Assistant Professor at the McGill University Faculty of Law and Canada Research Chair in Human Rights and the Environment; Ms. Amalia A. Decena, President of Handicapables Association of Cagayan, Philippines; and Ms. Deborah Iyute Oyuu, Programme Officer at the National Union of Disabled Persons of Uganda. A summary report of the panel discussion - including an accessible format - will be submitted to the Council at its 46th session.

The panel discussion can be viewed live on UN Web TV: http://webtv.un.org/live/<https://eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwebtv.un.org%2Flive%2F&data=02%7C01%7Crobert.vaughan%40one.un.org%7Cfb07a865be374fceaf1208d81f23900b%7Cb3e5db5e2944483799f57488ace54319%7C0%7C1%7C637293584890625145&sdata=c3ACr0CYjc%2FkHC%2BGjW%2B65QYa%2F%2BnftjiRAtUuYGrD1js%3D&reserved=0>

[Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights]

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