Persons with disabilities have historically been subjected to egregious human rights violations. Yet despite well-documented and widespread harms, one billion persons with disabilities remain largely neglected by the international laws, legal processes, and institutions that seek to redress those violations, including crimes against humanity (CAH). This Article argues for the propriety of prosecuting egregious and systemic human rights violations against persons with disabilities as a CAH, and, in addition, asserts the necessity of ensuring the accessibility of international criminal processes to those individuals. The UN Security Council's recent acknowledgement of the enhanced risk that persons with disabilities experience during armed conflict, the growing evidence of widespread human rights violations against them, and an ongoing effort to forge a UN convention on the prevention and punishment of CAH make these arguments especially timely.

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残疾、侵犯人权和危害人类罪

残疾人历来遭受严重侵犯人权的行为。然而，尽管有据可查和广泛的伤害，十亿残疾人仍然在很大程度上被国际法、法律程序和寻求纠正这些违法行为的机构所忽视，包括危害人类罪 (CAH)。本文主张将针对残疾人的严重和系统性侵犯人权行为作为 CAH 进行起诉是适当的，此外，还主张有必要确保国际刑事程序对这些人的可及性。联合国安理会最近承认，残疾人在武装冲突期间面临的风险增加，越来越多的证据表明他们普遍存在侵犯人权的行为，