Rights of persons with disabilities: participation in political and public life 2012, para. 5a
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[Also calls upon States parties to adopt and implement appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities can participate effectively and fully in political and public life on an equal basis with others, including by, inter alia:] Providing persons with disabilities with access to the support they may require in exercising their legal capacity and, where necessary, and at their request, allowing assistance in voting by a person of their own choice;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Human Rights Council
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
Civil & Political Rights
Equality & Inclusion
Person(s) affected
Persons with disabilities
Year
2012
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
HRC resolution, Rights of persons with disabilities: participation in political and public life (2012), A/HRC/RES/19/11, OP 5a.