The right of persons with disabilities to participate in decision-making 2016, para. 23
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- Persons with disabilities may participate in the conduct of public affairs either directly or indirectly. Direct participation entails deciding on public issues through a referendum or other electoral process, as well as taking part in popular assemblies and in other consultative spaces established by the State to engage with its citizens. Indirect participation in public affairs can be exercised by voting freely to elect representatives, and through membership in civil society organizations (CSOs). CSOs comprise a wide range of non-State and voluntary organizations, associations, networks and groups formed by people within the social sphere of civil society, including representative organizations of persons with disabilities. Therefore, participation must be ensured to both individuals and groups.
- Legal status
- Non-negotiated soft law
- Body
- Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
- Document type
- Special Procedures' report
- Means of adoption
- N.A.
- Topic(s)
- Civil & Political Rights
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Disability, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/62, para. 23.
- Paragraph number
- 23
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