Guidelines on access to social justice for people with disabilities
September 3 , 2020 1453 days 818 0
The United Nations has released its first-ever guidelines on access to social justice for people with disabilities to make it easier for them to access justice systems around the world.
The guidelines outline a set of 10 principles and detail the steps for implementation.
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was adopted in 2007 as the first major instrument of human rights in the 21st century.
Persons with Disabilities are those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments.
As per statistics maintained by the UN, in India 2.4 per cent of males are disabled and two per cent of females from all age groups are disabled.
In comparison, the disability prevalence in the US is 12.9% among females and 12.7% among males.