The right of persons with disabilities to social protection 2015, para. 42
Paragraph
Paragraph text
To ensure a comprehensive social protection system, States have an obligation to adopt national strategies and plans of action that consider the equal rights of persons with disabilities. In this regard, the design, implementation and monitoring of those strategies and action plans must comply with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Similarly, targets or goals have to include disability - specific benchmarks and indicators, to monitor and evaluate whether social protection systems benefit persons with disabilities or not.
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)
Equality & Inclusion
Governance & Rule of Law
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Disability, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/297, para. 42.