Security Council resolution 2475 (2019) [on protection of persons with disabilities in armed conflict]
Symbol: S/RES/2475 (2019)
Date: 2019-06-20
Status: adopted
Agenda: S/ X Protection of civilians in armed conflict.
S/74 [189] CIVILIAN PERSONS--ARMED CONFLICTS
Subjects: PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES|HUMAN RIGHTS IN ARMED CONFLICTS|HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE
Votes in favour: 15
Votes against: 0
Abstentions: 0
Voting record:
country: BELGIUM
vote: yes
country: CHINA
vote: yes
country: CÔTE D'IVOIRE
vote: yes
country: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
vote: yes
country: EQUATORIAL GUINEA
vote: yes
country: FRANCE
vote: yes
country: GERMANY
vote: yes
country: INDONESIA
vote: yes
country: KUWAIT
vote: yes
country: PERU
vote: yes
country: POLAND
vote: yes
country: RUSSIAN FEDERATION
vote: yes
country: SOUTH AFRICA
vote: yes
country: UNITED KINGDOM
vote: yes
country: UNITED STATES
vote: yes

               United Nations                                                                       S/RES/2475 (2019)
               Security Council                                                   Distr.: General
                                                                                  20 June 2019




               Resolution 2475 (2019)
               Adopted by the Security Council at its 8556th meeting, on
               20 June 2019

                    The Security Council,
                    Reiterating its primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace
               and security, and in this connection, expressing its commitment to address the
               disproportionate impact of armed conflict and related humanitarian crises on persons
               with disabilities,
                     Expressing serious concern regarding the disproportionate impact that armed
               conflict has on persons with disabilities, including abandonment, violence, and lack
               of access to basic services, stressing the protection and assistance needs of all affected
               civilian populations, and emphasizing the need to consider the particular needs of
               persons with disabilities in humanitarian response,
                    Recalling the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and the Additional Protocols thereto
               of 1977, as applicable,
                     Recalling the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in
               particular Article 11 on situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies,
                      Reaffirming that parties to armed conflict bear the primary responsibility to take
               all feasible steps to protect civilians and recalling that States bear the primary
               responsibility to respect and ensure the human rights of all persons within their
               territory and subject to their jurisdiction as provided for by international law,
                     Recalling also the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and
               interrelatedness of all human rights and fundamental freedoms and the need for
               persons with disabilities, including those with physical, intellectual, psychosocial and
               sensory disabilities and those marginalized on the basis of their disability, to be
               guaranteed their full enjoyment without discrimination,
                    Recognising the critical contributions of persons with disabilities and their
               representative organizations to conflict prevention, resolution, reconciliation,
               reconstruction, peacebuilding and addressing the root causes of conflict, and in this
               regard, stressing the importance of sustained consultation and dialogue between
               persons with disabilities, including their representative organizations, and
               humanitarian organizations and national and international decision makers,




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                    Recognising the particular barriers faced by persons with disabilities in
               accessing justice, including access to effective remedies and, as appropriate,
               reparation, in relation to violations of international humanitarian law,
                    Recognising the importance of incorporating the views of persons with
               disabilities in humanitarian response plans and post-conflict recovery and
               reconstruction planning, including on accessibility and reasonable accommodation,
                    Recognising the need for timely data and information on, and analysis of, the
               impact of armed conflict on persons with disabilities,
                    Reaffirming its commitment to upholding the purposes and principles of the
               Charter of the United Nations,
                     Reaffirming the full respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of States
               in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations,
                    Reaffirming the importance of addressing the root causes of armed conflicts to
               achieve sustainable peace and security,
                    Noting the relevance of on-going international initiatives, including the United
               Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy and the Inter-Agency Standing Committee’s
               development of Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian
               Action and noting the Charter on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in
               Humanitarian Action,
                     1.    Urges all parties to armed conflict to take measures, in accordance with
               applicable international law obligations to protect civilians, including those with
               disabilities, and to prevent violence and abuses against civilians in situations of armed
               conflict, including those involving killing and maiming, abduction and torture; as well
               as rape and other forms of sexual violence in conflict and post -conflict situations;
                     2.     Emphasizes the need for States to end impunity for criminal acts against
               civilians, including those with disabilities, and to ensure that such persons have access
               to justice and effective remedies and, as appropriate, reparation;
                    3.  Calls upon all parties to armed conflict to allow and facilitate safe, timely
               and unimpeded humanitarian access to all people in need of assistance;
                     4.    Underlines the benefit of providing sustainable, timely, appropriate,
               inclusive and accessible assistance to civilians with disabilities affected by armed
               conflict, including reintegration, rehabilitation and psychosocial support, to ensure
               that their specific needs are effectively addressed, in particular those of women and
               children with disabilities;
                     5.   Encourages Member States to take appropriate measures to ensure that
               persons with disabilities have access on an equal basis with others to basic services
               provided in the context of armed conflict, including education, health care services,
               transportation and information and communication technologies and systems;
                    6.     Urges Member States to enable the meaningful participation and
               representation of persons with disabilities, including thei r representative
               organizations, in humanitarian action, conflict prevention, resolution, reconciliation,
               reconstruction and peacebuilding, and to consult with those with expertise working
               on disability mainstreaming;
                     7.    Emphasizes the importance of building capacity and knowledge of the
               rights and specific needs of persons with disabilities across United Nations
               peacekeeping and peacebuilding actors and urges Member States to play a central role
               in this regard;



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                 8.   Urges Member States to take all appropriate measures to eliminate
           discrimination and marginalization of persons on the basis of disability in situations
           of armed conflict, particularly those who face multiple and intersecting forms of
           discrimination;
                 9.   Requests the Secretary-General to include, where pertinent, information
           and related recommendations on issues of relevance to persons with disabilities, in
           the context of armed conflict, in thematic and geographic reports and regular briefings
           to the Council, as well as to include, where pertinent, data disaggregated by disability
           within existing mandates and within existing resources;
                10. Recognises the importance of interactions between civil society and the
           Council and, in this regard, expresses its intention to invite persons with disabilities,
           including their representative organizations, to brief the Council in relevant thematic
           and geographic areas and consider including interactive meetings with local persons
           with disabilities, and their representative organizations, in the field during Council
           missions;
                11. Urges State parties to comply with the obligations applicable to them
           under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.




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