UN: it is important to create conditions for the full integration of persons with disabilities
04/09/2019 21:29
UN: it is important to create conditions for the full integration of persons with disabilities
04/09/2019 21:29
Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- Countries need to continue to create conditions that will enable people with disabilities to become full members of society, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said.
Her speech was made at the opening of the 22nd session of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on 26 August 2019.
As you know, the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in 2006. From this moment, according to M. Bachalet, the countries managed to achieve significant progress in the field of protection of persons with disabilities. In many states, measures have been taken that have expanded the opportunities for people with disabilities in education, healthcare, and the labor market; public transport has become more accessible.
However, she emphasized that many people with disabilities continue to face violations of their rights. There are many obstacles to their full participation in society. People with disabilities are particularly hard hit by conflicts, natural disasters and humanitarian crises.
Recently, a number of measures have been taken by international institutions in this direction. So, in June, the Human Rights Council adopted the first resolution on the rights of persons with disabilities in the context of climate change. And the UN Security Council, in its own resolution, called on all countries and parties to the conflicts to protect people with disabilities during the fighting and to do everything possible to ensure that they receive humanitarian assistance.
“We must support countries in their efforts to create the conditions necessary for people with disabilities to become full members of society,” said Michelle Bachelet.
Uzbekistan is also taking concrete measures to ensure the protection of the equality of human rights with respect to persons with disabilities. This is a critical aspect of action to help the full integration of persons with disabilities.
In particular, the country has a system for organizing medical and social assistance for people with disabilities, which makes it possible to provide them with prosthetic and orthopedic products and rehabilitation equipment (hearing aids, wheelchairs, etc.).
The law “On social protection of persons with disabilities in the Republic of Uzbekistan” has been adopted and is being implemented.
At the same time, according to the monitoring of the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan, in order to create conditions that will enable people with disabilities to make their full contribution to the development of the country, our society still faces many challenges.
In particular, despite the legalized standards that do not allow construction of buildings and producing vehicles without access for disabled people, this is not always the case in practice.
It is important that persons with disabilities have greater access to sports, cultural, educational and other social facilities, allowing them to provide meaningful leisure.
The current education system for persons with disabilities does not meet modern requirements, the level of their involvement in labor activity is low.
In this regard, the National Center for Human Rights of the Republic of Uzbekistan considers it important to take the following steps:
- ensure in practice a level playing field for the realization of the rights, freedoms and legitimate interests of persons with disabilities, responsibility for the violation of their rights should be mandatory and inevitable;
- introduce modern, transparent methods and criteria for medical and labor examination and determination of disability, improve the level and quality of medical and social assistance to persons with disabilities;
- to create in full the necessary conditions for enhancing the relationship of persons with disabilities with family, society and the state, their stay in a favorable environment, unhindered access to urban passenger transport, social and other infrastructure;
- put into practice and constantly improve the system of inclusive education and employment of persons with disabilities to ensure their active participation in the socio-economic life of society.
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