Humanitarian Action
In any situation of crisis or conflict, persons with disabilities face disproportionate risk of abandonment, violence, death, and a lack of access to safety, relief, and recovery support. Crucial information on safety and evacuation is often inaccessible, and evacuation centres themselves are also rarely accessible, meaning that persons with disabilities are too often left behind.
Main Statements
- Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Submission on Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Assistance (April 2026)
- Recommendations from Persons with Disabilities to the European Commission on Disability Inclusive Humanitarian Aid: EDF’s advisory note to DG ECHO on the Humanitarian Aid Communication (January 2026)
- Donors must urgently fund disability organisations affected by US aid cuts (February 2025)
- The Future of European International Cooperation and Humanitarian Action (November 2024)
- EDF’s resolution on Disability Rights, Peace and Conflict (May 2024)
- EDF calls for inclusive and participatory response to humanitarian crises (June 2023)
- Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies. Statement from European Disability Forum (EDF) during meeting of Joint Committee on Disability Matters, Houses of the Oireachtas, Ireland (April 2022)
- Position Paper: Recommendations on migrants at EU’s external borders – emergency measures for Latvia, Lithuania and Poland (February 2022)
Resources in Inclusive Emergency Response
Check out our dedicated page with guidelines and best practices for disability-inclusive emergency response.
Our Work Areas
Our Resources and Toolkits
Humanitarian Response Projects
READY Baltics
Demonstrating how disability inclusive preparedness makes societies safer and more resilient for everyone.
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Disability Inclusive Emergency Preparedness and Response
The Disability-Inclusive Emergency Preparedness and Response project supports the implementation of the European Union Preparedness Strategy, in particular...
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Empowering OPDs for Inclusive Crisis Response and Disaster Risk Reduction
This project aims to strengthen and sustain EDFs advocacy for disability-inclusive international cooperation, humanitarian action, and crisis response...
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Humanitarian Action, International cooperation
EU Human Rights and Democracy Action Plan must deliver on disability rights
We are calling on the EU to ensure that disability rights are fully reflected in the next EU...
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Humanitarian Action, International cooperation
No Time to Lose: EU Use of the DAC Disability Marker
We hosted the event launching our report, “No Time to Lose: Assessing European Assistance for Disability Inclusion from...
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Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR), Humanitarian Action
New report finds serious gaps in Disability-Inclusive EU Aid
Our new report shows that the European Union EU is falling far short of its obligations and commitment...
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