The right of persons with disabilities to participate in decision-making 2016, para. 62
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- The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires States to adopt all appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures to ensure effective and active participation by persons with disabilities in public decision-making. This entails recognizing the right of persons with disabilities to both participation and association, as well as the right of organizations of persons with disabilities to represent persons with disabilities at the national, regional and local levels. States must also adopt a legal framework conducive to the direct and indirect participation of persons with disabilities in law and policymaking, amending or repealing legislation, regulations, customs and practices that limit the ability of persons with disabilities and their representative organizations to participate. The participation of persons with disabilities in public life must be a cross-cutting principle of good governance.
- 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
- 2016
- Paragraph type
- Other
- Reference
- SR Disability, Report to the HRC (2016), A/HRC/31/62, para. 62.
- Paragraph number
- 62
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