Persons with disabilities

(d) Promoting awareness training programmes regarding persons with disabilities and the rights of persons with disabilities.

Rights of persons with disabilities

Rights of persons with disabilities

(c) Providing training in mobility skills to persons with disabilities and to specialist staff working with persons with disabilities

Human rights of persons with disabilities

Human rights of persons with disabilities

In Cyprus, persons with disabilities participate in the Pancyprian Council for Persons with Disabilities, administrative councils and ad hoc committees.

(b) To ensure access by persons with disabilities, in particular women and girls with disabilities and older persons with disabilities, to social protection programmes and poverty reduction programmes

(ii) Forming and joining organizations of persons with disabilities to represent persons with disabilities at international, national, regional and local levels.

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Rule 18 Organizations of persons with disabilities

The proportion of persons with disabilities increases with age, particularly among persons over 45.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Persons with disabilities, among others, require special focus.

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To further the integration of persons with disabilities in society, Bahrain adopted a comprehensive strategy to promote the rights and equal opportunities of persons with disabilities, with special emphasis on the needs of women with disabilities.

(i) Recognizing further the diversity of persons with disabilities,

(g) Employ persons with disabilities in the public sector

Accessible information is available to persons with developmental disabilities in 40.4 per cent and to persons with psychosocial disabilities in 33.3 per cent of responding countries.

In Romania, representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities participate in the National Council for Disabilities.

In April 2004, PEI entered into the Canada Prince Edward Island Labour Market Agreement for Persons with Disabilities to improve the employment situation of persons with disabilities.

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Article 34 Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Progress towards the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities

Croatia took steps towards the deinstitutionalization of persons with disabilities.

(a) To raise awareness throughout society, including at the family level, regarding persons with disabilities, and to foster respect for the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities

To ensure the participation of persons with disabilities and their organizations in the formulation of strategies and plans, Algeria has established a National Council for Persons with Disabilities.

Noting with satisfaction that the Standard Rules on the Equalization of the Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities play an increasingly important role in the equalization of opportunities for persons with disabilities,

In Argentina, the National Commission on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities includes representatives from different sectors of Government as well as representatives of organizations of persons with disabilities.

In order to protect persons living with disabilities, we believe that it is necessary to conclude as soon as possible the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.

The Special Rapporteur continues to work in cooperation with Governments, civil society organizations and organizations of persons with disabilities, as well as with the panel of experts representing organizations of persons with disabilities.

(i) To nurture receptiveness to the rights of persons with disabilities

Country initiatives for the integration of persons with disabilities in society

In 2004, Multilateral Framework for Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities (LMAPD) replaced the Employability Assistance for People with Disabilities initiative.

(c) Enabling persons with disabilities to participate effectively in a free society.

(d) To ensure access by persons with disabilities to public housing programmes

Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

(b) Prevent and prohibit all forms of discrimination against persons with disabilities

Brazil established a National Council of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to take part on an equal basis with others in cultural life, and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities

(b) Provide those health services needed by persons with disabilities specifically because of their disabilities, including early identification and intervention as appropriate, and services designed to minimize and prevent further disabilities, including among children and older persons

1. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others

(c) Persons with disabilities, including children, retain their fertility on an equal basis with others.

(c) To promote awareness of the capabilities and contributions of persons with disabilities.