ABSTRACT
This chapter examines the extent to which the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) changes the protective focus of international humanitarian law (IHL). The CRPD makes an important contribution by expanding the types of protection available to persons with disabilities. The chapter contextualizes article 11 in the trend of general cross-fertilization of human rights law and IHL, focusing on the other core international human rights treaties. The chapter shows that article 11 is a unique provision that establishes a more robust forum for hearing complaints by victims of armed conflict and natural disasters than any other human rights treaty. The only core human rights treaty that mentions armed conflict is the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The Fourth Geneva Convention upholds the right of disabled persons to receive medical treatment by prohibiting armed attacks on convoys of vehicles or vessels carrying people who are infirm, according them the same protection as civilian hospitals.
