The right of persons with disabilities to participate in decision-making 2016, para. 82
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States should implement awareness-raising training programmes on the rights of persons with disabilities. Organizations of persons with disabilities can contribute to these efforts by educating persons with disabilities about their rights and responsibilities and about how proposed policies and decisions would affect their lives. Awareness-raising and education programmes on a rights-based approach to disability can also contribute to the promotion and protection of democracy.
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)
Education
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Year
2016
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Disability, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/62, para. 82.