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Country visits

Country visits are an important component of the Special Rapporteur's mandate. The aim of such visits is to obtain first-hand information on the rights of persons with disabilities, to report on the findings and to propose, in a spirit of cooperation and assistance, recommendations to improve situations identified as matters of concern.

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Completed visits

Year	Country	Symbol number	Press release / statement	Comments from the State
2019 (1-11 April)	Canada	A/HRC/43/41/Add.2 easy-to-read	Press release \| French Statement \| French	A/HRC/43/41/add.5
2019 (2-11 October)	Norway	A/HRC/43/41/Add.3 easy-to-read	Press release Statement	A/HRC/43/41/Add.6
2018 (26 November to 5 December)	Kuwait	A/HRC/43/41/Add.1 easy-to-read English \| Arabic	Press release \| Arabic Statement \| Arabic	A/HRC/43/41/Add.4
2017 (3-8 May)	Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	A/HRC/37/56/Add.1 easy-to-read	Press release Statement	A/HRC/37/56/Add.3
2017 (4-12 September)	Kazakhstan	A/HRC/37/56/Add.2 easy-to-read in Russian	Press release \| Russian Statement	A/HRC/37/56/Add.4
2017 (3-13 October)	France	A/HRC/40/54/Add.1 easy-to-read	Press release \| French Statement \| French	A/HRC/40/54/Add.2
2016 (18-28 April)	Zambia	A/HRC/34/58/Add.2 easy-to-read	Press release Statement	N/A
2015 (10–17 September)	Republic of Moldova	A/HRC/31/62/Add.2 easy-to-read	Press release Statement	N/A
2015 (19-27 November)	Paraguay	A/HRC/34/58/Add.1 easy-to-read	Press release in Spanish Statement in Spanish	N/A

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Disability-inclusive international cooperation (2020)

Impact of ableism in medical and scientific research (2020)

Older persons with disabilities (2019)

Deprivation of liberty of persons with disabilities (2019)

Right to health of persons with disabilities (2018)

Legal capacity and supported decision-making (2018)

Sexual and reproductive rights of girls and young women with disabilities (2017)

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Access to justice for persons with disabilities

Indigenous persons with disabilities

Mainstreaming disability in the work of UN human rights mechanisms

Strengthening the inclusion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the United Nations – UNDIS

Women’s rights and persons with disabilities

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Mandate of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities
OHCHR-UNOG; CH-1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Email: sr.disability@ohchr.org

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