Women and girls with disabilities 2016, para. 13

Paragraphe
Paragraph text
Article 6 paragraph 1 recognizes that women with disabilities are subject to multiple discrimination and requires that States parties take measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment by women with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The Convention references multiple discrimination in article 5 paragraph 2 which not only requires States parties to prohibit any kind of discrimination based on disability, but also to protect against discrimination on other grounds . Jurisprudence by the CRPD Committee has included measures to address multiple and intersectional discrimination .
Status juridique
Non-negotiated soft law
Organe
Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Type de document
General Comment / Recommendation
Mode d'adoption
N.A.
Thèmes
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Governance & Rule of Law
Personnes concernées
  • Girls
  • Persons with disabilities
  • Women
Année
2016
Type de paragraphe
Other
Reference
CRPD General Comment No. 3, Women and girls with disabilities (2016), para. 13.
Paragraph number
13