1. Partnership, Implementation & Participation Victim assistance and disability: making sense of three complementary Conventions Loren Persi loren@icblcmc.org www.icblcmc.org/

2. Age and gender appropriate Victim assistance Data collection Laws and policies Accessibility Participation Awareness Person

3. The first such treaty to recognizing the needs of victims Entered into force in 1999 160 States Parties 26 States Parties with significant numbers of survivors Cartagena Action Plan (CAP) 2010-2014 Mine Ban Treaty (MBT)

4. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Promotes, protect and ensures the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights by all persons with disabilities Entered into force 2008 154 signatories 126 ratifications and accessions 90 signatories to the Optional Protocol and 76 ratifications and accessions of the Protocol

5. Victim assistance is a legal obligation Entered in to force in 2010 111 countries have joined the Convention; 77 are States Parties Vientiane Action Plan (VAP) Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM)

6.  Inter-ministerial & Inter-sectoral coordination /focal point  Availability of services and access to services  Use of standards/good practices  Meaningful inclusion and participation of survivors  Awareness about rights of persons with disabilities  In accordance with international humanitarian and human rights law  Monitoring and reporting  Planning and resources MBT & CCM Action Plans (CAP & VAP)

7. CRPD structures National coordination mechanism Focal point in government Enforce Minimum standards Obligation to report International cooperation

8. Victim assistance and the CRPD

9. Right to personal mobility CRPD Article 20 Ensure personal mobility with the greatest possible independence for persons with disabilities … facilitating access to quality mobility aids, devices, assistive technologies

10. Right to work and employment CRPD Article 27 The right to work, on an equal basis with others …access to vocational guidance programs, placement services and training

11. Right to participation in cultural life CRPD Article 30 The right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life recreation, leisure and sport

12. “Victim assistance does not require the development of new fields.....” Mine Ban Treaty Nairobi Review Conference, 2004. VA in inclusive development

13. Two ban treaties and the CRPD: Victim assistance implementation CCMCRPDMBT

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