A/HRC/34/58
Report of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons
with disabilities
Contents
Page
I.
Introduction ...................................................................................................................................
3
II.
Activities of the Special Rapporteur .............................................................................................
3
A.
Country visits ........................................................................................................................
3
B.
Conferences, meetings and engagement with stakeholders ..................................................
3
C.
Communications ...................................................................................................................
4
Support services for persons with disabilities ...............................................................................
5
A.
What is support? ...................................................................................................................
5
B.
The importance of support ....................................................................................................
5
C.
Rethinking care and assistance .............................................................................................
7
Support to persons with disabilities in international human rights law .........................................
8
A.
State obligation to ensure access to support ..........................................................................
8
B.
Support in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities .................................
9
C.
Multiple and intersectional approach to support ...................................................................
11
D.
Unpacking the obligation to provide access to support ........................................................
12
Ensuring access to support for persons with disabilities ...............................................................
14
A.
General State obligations ......................................................................................................
14
B.
Obligations related to specific types of support ....................................................................
18
Conclusions and recommendations ...............................................................................................
21
III.
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VI.
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