The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities and access to Covid-specific healthcare by persons with disabilities: a comparative analysis
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2023Author
Flynn, Eilionóir
Doyle Guilloud, Suzanne
Parker, April
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Flynn, Eilionóir, Doyle Guilloud, Suzanne, & Parker, April. (2023). The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities and access to Covid-specific healthcare by persons with disabilities: A comparative analysis. Galway: University of Galway. https://doi.org/10.13025/SVEZ-8C27
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Abstract
The Covid-19 pandemic was a global public health emergency which impacted on almost every aspect of life and
society. Yet the impact on persons with disabilities was particular and unique – combining as it did pre-existing
inequalities and discrimination with a failure on the part of States and State actors to adequately respond to their needs
and rights.
This chapter draws on research conducted by the ResPoNCE (Respecting Persons with disabilities’ Needs and Rights
in Crisis and Emergency) project to focus on the specific experience of persons with disabilities in accessing Covidspecific healthcare in seven European jurisdictions. It grounds its analysis in the human rights model of disability
contained in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Qualitative data collected for the study is
relied upon to assess States’ compliance with the requirements of the Convention. Recommendations are then made
for human-rights based approaches to accessing healthcare in public health emergencies in the context of disability.