Gordon Rattray - International Cooperation Officer
Contact: gordon.rattray@edf-feph.org
Twitter: @GordonRattray
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.
Guidelines & Standards
- IASC Guidelines on Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Humanitarian Action
- Humanitarian Inclusion Standards For Older People And People With Disabilities
- What are the Humanitarian Inclusion Standards For Older People And People With Disabilities? (video)
- UN Special Rapporteur report on the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of armed conflict (and EasyRead version)
- ECHO Guidelines – The Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in EU-funded Humanitarian Aid Operations (available in English, Ukrainian and Russian)
Practical Tools & Resources
- UN Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Protection of Persons with Disabilities during Armed Conflict
- Washington Group short set of questions on Functioning (WG-SS) – English and Ukrainian
- Washington Group/UNICEF Module on Child Functioning (English, Ukrainian and several other languages)
- Humanitarian Hands-On Tool (HHoT) – downloadable website application for field workers, designed to work on smartphone without internet connection
- Video: How to include organisations of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action – IASC Guidelines. English version – Russian version
- 16 minimum requirements for building accessible shelter – Inclusive post-disaster reconstruction: Building back safe and accessible for all
- Booklet in English: 16 minimum requirements for building accessible shelter
- Booklet in Ukrainian: 16 мінімальних вимог для будівництва доступних притулків
- All Under One Roof – Disability-inclusive Shelter and Settlements in Emergencies
- Early Rehabilitation in Conflict and Disasters
- EDF toolkit on the inclusion of refugees with disabilities
Good Practice examples
- Inclusion of persons with disabilities in humanitarian action: 39 examples of field practices, and learnings from 20 countries, for all phases of humanitarian response
- Good practice guide: embedding inclusion of older people and people with disabilities in humanitarian policy and practice. Lessons learnt from the ADCAP programme.