A/HRC/40/54
United Nations
General Assembly
Distr.: General
11 January 2019
Original: English
Human Rights Council
Fortieth session
25 February–22 March 2019
Agenda item 3
Promotion and protection of all human rights, civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights,
including the right to development
Rights of persons with disabilities
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with
disabilities
Summary
In her report, the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
provides an overview of the activities undertaken in 2018 and a thematic study on
disability-specific forms of deprivation of liberty, in the light of the standards set forth in
the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The report reviews disabilityspecific forms of detention, their underlying causes and adverse consequences, and
proposes alternative rights-based models. The report contains recommendations to assist
States to develop and implement reforms to end deprivation of liberty based on disability.
These include the abolition of laws and regulations allowing for deprivation of liberty on
the basis of disability, the implementation of deinstitutionalization policies, and the conduct
of awareness-raising campaigns.
GE.19-00440(E)