Report on Disability-Inclusive Policies

Summary

In light of the inequalities experienced by persons with disabilities worldwide, this report provides guidance to States and other actors on how to establish disability-inclusive policies that are in conformity with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and which can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. To ensure the effectiveness of such policies, which should include non-discrimination, accessibility and support service requirements, States must adopt a clear policy framework for the inclusion of persons with disabilities across all sectors of society

Inputs received

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All inputs received in accessible formats are available below. Non-accessible formats are available upon request at sr.disability@ohchr.org.

States

• Algeria (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Argentina
• Australia
• Bahrain (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Denmark (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Finland
• France
• Germany
• Guatemala
• Guinea
• Honduras
• Iraq
• Jordan
• Latvia
• Mali
• Mauritius
• Montenegro
• Morocco
• Norway (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Peru
• Qatar
• Republic of Korea
• Republic of Moldova (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Senegal
• Slovenia
• Sweden
• Switzerland
• Thailand (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Togo
• Turkey
• Turkmenistan (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Ukraine  
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela (non-accessible format available upon request)

National Human Rights Institutions

• Azerbaijan – Ombudsman
• Cabo Verde - Conseil National Pour les Droits des Personnes Handicapées
• Costa Rica - Defensoría de los Habitantes 
• Bolivia - Defensoría del Pueblo
• Ecuador - Defensoría del Pueblo
• Egypt - National Council for Human Rights of Egypt
• Finland - Finnish NHRI/Human Rights Centre
• Mongolia - national Human Rights Commission
• Georgia - Office of Public Defender (Ombudsman)
• Guatemala - Procurador de Derechos Humanos
• India - National Human Rights Commission
• Islamic Republic of Iran - Iranian Islamic Human Rights Commission
• Serbia - Protector of Citizens
• Scotland - Scottish Human Rights Commission
• Slovakia - Slovak National Centre for Human Rights
• Spain - Defensor del Pueblo
• Rwanda - National Commission for Human Rights (non-accessible format available upon request)
• United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - Equality and Human Rights Commission (England and Wales)

Civil society, including Organizations of Persons with Disabilities

• Asociacion Mesa de Discapacidad Comuna Seis
• Associação dos Deficiente (non-accessible format available upon request)
• Association of Women for Awareness and Motivation
• Asociación Azul
• Austrian National Council of Disabled Persons
• Bapu Trust for Research on Mind & Discourse
• Belgian Disability Forum
• Centre Africain de Recherche Industrielle
• CEDYH
• Comisión Guatemalteca de Auditoría Social en Discapacidad
• Comité Africain d'Experts sur les Droits et le Bien Etre de l'Enfant
• Comité Español de Representantes de Personas con Discapacidad
• Comite de Defensa de los Personas con Discapacidad
• Droits et Dignité pour les enfants en Côte d'Ivoire & Bureau International Catholique de l'Enfance
• Fundación Saldarriaga Concha
• Global Initiative for Inclusive Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)
• Grupo Brasil
• Indigenous Peoples Regional Competent Authority
• Interfederal Centre for Equal Opportunities
• International Human Rights Clinic at Santa Clara University School of Law
• Philippine Coalition  for the UNCRPD
• Red por los Derechos de las Personas con Discapacidad
• Réseau National des Organisations de Personnes Handicapées
• Subsecretaría de Inclusión para Personas con Discapacidad
• Ukrainian Society of the Deaf
• Universidad de los Andes, Programa de Acción por la Igualdad y la Inclusión Social
• World Federation of the Deaf

Academics and Individuals

• C. Bezerra Leopoldino (Brazil)
• F. McNicholl (New Zealand)
• L. Seshasayee (India)
• Morongoe (Lesotho)
• N. Israt Kabir (Bangladesh)
• P. Maragatham (United States of America)
• P. Natalia Alonso (Argentina)