The right of persons with disabilities to social protection 2015, para. 20
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More specifically, article 28 creates an obligation for States parties to take appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities receive equal access to mainstream social protection programmes and services - including basic services, poverty reduction programmes, housing programmes, and retirement benefits and programmes - as well as access to specific programmes and services for disability- related needs and expenses.
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
Health
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Year
2015
Paragraph type
Other
Reference
SR Disability, Report to the UNGA (2015), A/70/297, para. 20.