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Advocacy Explainer: Article 11
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Advocacy work can sometimes be confusing.
Self-advocates in our network write “advocacy explainers” to try and make some of the big advocacy topics easier to understand.
You can read other advocacy explainers about different topics here.
Advocacy Explainer: Article 11 and Emergencies
This advocacy explainer is about Article 11 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
It is about what rights people with disabilities have in a crisis.
It explains in an easy to understand way what Article 11 means, and what governments need to do to follow it.
Organisations and self-advocacy groups can use this explainer to help their work on including people in a crisis situation.