B. Persons with Disability
Initiative/Issuance
Brief Detail
Advisory Series on Human Rights in the
Time of COVID-19 in the Philippines in
Pursuit of the Rights-Based Model of
Disability Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic in
the Philippines [CHR (V) A2020-009]
The advisory expounded on the standards
for the protection and promotion of rights
of PWDs taking into account the context of
the COVID 19 pandemic in the Philippines.
Per CHR (V) A2020-009, the CHR
recognized the efforts of both the national
and local governments (LGUs) in
addressing the COVID 19 pandemic, and
intended to further contribute to the
policy direction of such efforts on the basis
of the rights-based model of disability.
The
Commission
implored
the
Government to consistently adopt the
twin-track approach, and to maintain a
gender and intersectional framework,
with
emphasis
on
reasonable
accommodation of multiple vulnerabilities
of all types of persons with disabilities.
Active consultation with and inclusion of
persons with disabilities and their
representative organizations is critical.
Philippine Observatory on the Rights of The effort is propelled by the need for a
Persons with Disabilities (PhORPD)
more independent, efficient, inclusive, and
responsive data-sharing system in the
context of streamlining coordination for
the common advocacy of fully realizing the
rights of persons with disabilities. The
PhORPD is a repository serving as the
common electronic library of human
rights data and analyses that stakeholders
may refer to in the conduct of human
rights situation reporting, policy advocacy,
and program development. It is geared
towards presenting and analyzing
information that is useful to amplify
collective aspirations in order to live a life
with dignity4.
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