Declaration on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Resolution of the thirteenth session of the United Nations General Assembly 3447(XXX) of December 9, 1975
The General Assembly, aware of the obligations assumed by Member States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations, to act both jointly and individually in cooperation with the Organization in order to promote higher standards of living, full employment and conditions for progress and development in the economic and social fields, reaffirming its faith in human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as the principles of peace, dignity and values of the human person and social justice, proclaimed in the Charter, Recalling the principles The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenants on Human Rights, the Declaration of the Rights of the Child and the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, as well as the norms of social progress already proclaimed in the constituent acts, conventions, recommendations and resolutions of the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, the World Health Organization, the World the United Nations Foundation and other interested organizations, Recalling also Resolution 1921 (LVIII) of the Economic and Social Council of 6 May 1975 on the prevention of disability and the restoration of the ability to work of persons with Disabilities, emphasizing that the Declaration of Social Progress and Development proclaims the need to protect the rights, well-being and restoration of the ability to work of people with physical and mental disabilities, taking into account the need to prevent disability caused by physical and mental disabilities, Recognizing that some countries at this stage of their development can devote only limited efforts to these goals, proclaims this Declaration on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and requests that measures be taken at the national and international levels. in order for the Declaration to serve as a common basis and guide for the protection of these rights: 1. The term "disabled person" means any person who is unable to provide for all or part of the needs of a normal personal and/or social life on his own due to a lack, whether innate or not, of his or her physical or mental abilities. 2. Persons with disabilities should enjoy all the rights set forth in this Declaration. These rights should be recognized for all persons with disabilities without any exceptions and without distinction or discrimination based on race, skin color, sex, language, religion, political or other beliefs, national or social origin, financial status, birth or any other factor, regardless of whether this applies to to the disabled person himself or to his or her family. 3. Persons with disabilities have an inalienable right to respect for their human dignity. Persons with disabilities, regardless of the origin, nature and severity of their disabilities or disabilities, have the same basic rights as their fellow citizens of the same age, which primarily means the right to a satisfactory life that would be as normal and full-blooded as possible. 4. Persons with disabilities have the same civil and political rights as other persons; paragraph 7 of the Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons applies to any possible restriction or infringement of these rights in relation to mentally disabled persons. 5. Persons with disabilities have the right to measures designed to enable them to acquire as much independence as possible. 6. Persons with disabilities have the right to medical, mental or functional treatment, including prosthetic and orthopedic devices, to restore their health and position in society, to education, vocational training and rehabilitation, to assistance, consultations, employment services and other types of services that will allow them to maximize their abilities and accelerate their development. the process of their social integration or reintegration. 7. Persons with disabilities have the right to economic and social security and to a satisfactory standard of living. They have the right, according to their capabilities, to obtain and retain a workplace or engage in useful, productive and remunerated activities and be members of trade union organizations. 8. Persons with disabilities have the right to have their special needs taken into account at all stages of economic and social planning. 9. Persons with disabilities have the right to live with their families or in conditions that replace them, and to participate in all types of social activities related to creativity or leisure activities. With regard to his or her place of residence, no disabled person may be subjected to any special treatment that is not required because of his or her state of health or because it may lead to an improvement in his or her state of health. If the stay of a disabled person in a special institution is necessary, then the environment and living conditions in it should correspond as closely as possible to the environment and conditions of normal life of persons of his or her age. 10. Persons with disabilities must be protected from any kind of exploitation, from any kind of regulation and treatment that is discriminatory, offensive or degrading. 11. Persons with disabilities should be able to use qualified legal assistance when such assistance is necessary to protect their identity and property: if they are the subject of prosecution, they should use a routine procedure that fully takes into account their physical or mental condition. 12. Useful consultations can be conducted with organizations of persons with disabilities on all issues related to the rights of persons with disabilities. 13. Persons with disabilities, their families and their communities should be fully informed by all available means about the rights contained in this Declaration.
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