Intersectionality and the CRPD: an analysis of the CRPD committee's discourse and civil society advocacy at the intersections of disability and LGBTI

The United Nation ('UN') Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ('CRPD' or 'Convention'), while addressing some intersectionalities, does not explicitly mention sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). However...

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Published in:Global public health 2022-11, Vol.17 (11), p.3224-3242
Main Authors: Kirichenko, Kseniya A., Król, Agnieszka
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Advocacy
Civil society
Committees
CRPD
Disability
disability rights
Disabled Persons
Discourse
Documents
Female
Gender aspects
Gender Identity
Hierarchies
Human Rights
Humans
Intersectional Framework
Intersectionality
LGBTI
LGBTQ people
Male
People with disabilities
Positioning
Rights
Sexual orientation
Sexuality
SOGIESC
United Nations
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Summary:The United Nation ('UN') Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ('CRPD' or 'Convention'), while addressing some intersectionalities, does not explicitly mention sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, and sex characteristics (SOGIESC). However, the practice of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ('CteeRPD' or 'Committee') has developed significantly over the past years to include the intersections of disability and SOGIESC into the discourse. This paper examines these developments from a queer intersectional perspective based on the document analysis. We analysed a range of documents adopted by the Committee itself, as well as shadow reports submitted to the CteeRPD by civil society, to map the challenges existing at the intersections of disability and SOGIESC. The results of the analysis demonstrate a quantitative shift in the CRPD intersectional discourse, but also qualitative changes in the positioning of the subject - the one living on the intersections of disability and SOGIESC, related structural powers and hierarchies. Based on the analysis, we use a quadruple framework to show how this subject is defined, described, protected and embraced by the CteeRPD, what concrete features of this positioning has been developed already, what gaps still exist and how they can be addressed.
ISSN:1744-1692
1744-1706
DOI:10.1080/17441692.2022.2040565