Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

(b) Persons with disabilities can access an inclusive, quality and free primary education and secondary education on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live

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

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

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

(h) Promote the employment of persons with disabilities in the private sector through appropriate policies and measures, which may include affirmative action programmes, incentives and other measures

1. There shall be established a Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereafter referred to as the Committee ), which shall carry out the functions hereinafter provided.

He opened the Emmanuel Education Fund for promising students with disabilities.

(b) Accepting and facilitating the use of sign languages, Braille, augmentative and alternative communication, and all other accessible means, modes and formats of communication of their choice by persons with disabilities in official interactions

(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

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

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4. States Parties shall ensure that a child shall not be separated from his or her parents against their will, except when competent authorities subject to judicial review determine, in accordance with applicable law and procedures, that such separation is necessary for the best interests of the child. In no case shall a child be separated from parents on the basis of a disability of either the child or one or both of the parents.

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

(e) To ensure equal access by persons with disabilities to retirement benefits and programmes.

People with visual or hearing disabilities can be prevent from

Even those with disabilities have not been spared. Writer and disability activist Salil Chaturvedi, who uses a wheelchair, was assaulted from behind for not standing.

2. In realizing this right, States Parties shall ensure that

(d) To ensure that children with disabilities have equal access with other children to participation in play, recreation and leisure and sporting activities, including those activities in the school system

(a) Enjoy access to cultural materials in accessible formats

(c) Full and effective participation and inclusion in society

(ii) To promote positive perceptions and greater social awareness towards persons with disabilities

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

(d) Encouraging entities that produce mobility aids, devices and assistive technologies to take into account all aspects of mobility for persons with disabilities.

(j) Promote the acquisition by persons with disabilities of work experience in the open labour market

(k) Promote vocational and professional rehabilitation, job retention and return to work programmes for persons with disabilities.

Promoting the use of information and communications technology by persons with disabilities and other vulnerable groups

(t) Highlighting the fact that the majority of persons with disabilities live in conditions of poverty, and in this regard recognizing the critical need to address the negative impact of poverty on persons with disabilities,

(d) Respect for difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and humanity

(h) Respect for the evolving capacities of children with disabilities and respect for the right of children with disabilities to preserve their identities.

(c) To take into account the protection and promotion of the human rights of persons with disabilities in all policies and programmes

(f) To promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support to persons with disabilities to ensure their access to information

Article 12 Equal recognition before the law

2. States Parties shall prohibit all discrimination on the basis of disability and guarantee to persons with disabilities equal and effective legal protection against discrimination on all grounds.

Article 32 International cooperation

(a) Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability

2. States Parties shall promote the development of initial and continuing training for professionals and staff working in habilitation and rehabilitation services.

2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.

(iii) To promote recognition of the skills, merits and abilities of persons with disabilities, and of their contributions to the workplace and the labour market

(c) To provide training for stakeholders on accessibility issues facing persons with disabilities

(b) Facilitating access by persons with disabilities to quality mobility aids, devices, assistive technologies and forms of live assistance and intermediaries, including by making them available at affordable cost

Article 29 Participation in political and public life

(vii) Continuing reports of violations of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities, especially on the use of collective camps and of coercive measures that target the rights of persons with disabilities to decide freely and responsibly on the number and spacing of their children

(d) Enable persons with disabilities to have effective access to general technical and vocational guidance programmes, placement services and vocational and continuing training