Human Rights Watch welcomes the opportunity to provide input to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ahead of its upcoming Day of General Discussion regarding persons with disabilities in situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies.
Summary The older woman told Human Rights Watch that the first time government soldiers and militias came to her village in South Sudan in 2015, all civilians were subject to attack. “The old men and women who couldn’t run were killed,” she said. “There was Gatpan Mut, for example, who was a little old, and Gatkui Jich, who couldn’t move, and many, many more whose names I can’t remember.”