Human rights situation of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Ukraine

In line with the principle to leave no one behind defined in the Sustainable Development Goals 2030 and its unequivocal commitment to end discrimination and exclusion, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine has been monitoring the human rights situation of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities.

The briefing note presents the results of this work, describes human rights violations and concerns affecting persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities in Ukraine and provides recommendations. The briefing note focuses on two major concerns affecting the rights of persons with intellectual and psychosocial disabilities – institutionalisation and denial of legal capacity – and analyses the impact of these and other concerns on the range of human rights provided in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other universal international human rights instruments applicable in Ukraine.