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Disability

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Persons with Disabilities

Inclusive Initiatives for Persons with Disabilities in the Americas
within the Framework of the Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CIADDIS)
June 15, 2016
United Nations, NY

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Preliminary results of the Working Group on Legal Capacity - Public Sector
Preliminary results of the Working Group on Legal Capacity - Civil Society
Authorities of OAS - UN Committees for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (CEDDIS) met in New York
General Observation of the Committee about the Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities
World Report on Disability (WHO)
Report on the Program for the Protection of Vulnerable Groups in Haiti (USAID/OAS)
Regional Diagnosis on the Exercise of Legal Capacity of Persons with Disabilities

International Instruments on the Topic of Persons with Disabilities

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (December 2006)

Declaration of Managua (December 1993)

Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (December 1993)

Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action adopted by the UN World Conference on Human Rights (June 1993)

Agenda for the Future prepared during the Hemispheric Conference for Persons with Disabilities (June 1993)*

Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and for the Improvement of Mental Health Care (December 1991)

Declaration of Caracas of the Pan American Health Organization (November 1990)

Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights "Protocol of San Salvador" (November 1988)

C159 Convention for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons (June 1985)

R168 Recommendation for the Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons (June 1983)

United Nations World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons (December 1982)

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (December 1975)

Declaration of the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (December 1971)

*document only available in Spanish