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Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The Committee recommends that the State party adopt effective measures to ensure respect for the right of persons with disabilities, particularly women and children, to …

Recommended measures (3)

• Type of action: Training and capacity buildingResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should provide regular training for families, caregivers, health-care personnel and law enforcement officers on recognizing all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Health and Care ServicesMinistry of Children and Families
  The State party should conduct investigations into all allegations of violence and abuse, including sexual abuse, of persons with disabilities, especially gender-based violence against women …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should take all measures necessary to prevent persons with disabilities from being subjected to bullying, hate speech and hate crimes, and ensure …

Recommended measures (3)

• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should in line with the Committee’s guidelines on article 14 (2015), repeal all legal provisions allowing for involuntary deprivation of liberty based …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should end the use of coercive methods, such as restraints, isolation, segregation, involuntary treatment and other intrusive methods, for persons with intellectual …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Health and Care Services
  The State party should be guided by its obligations under article 14 of the Convention and the Committee’s guidelines on article 14 throughout the regional …

Recommended measures (3)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should ensure procedural and age-appropriate accommodation in the justice and law enforcement sectors, especially for persons who are deaf or hard of …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesLaws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should revise its current legal aid scheme, ensuring the provision of free legal aid for persons with disabilities, including for those still …
• Type of action: Policies, strategies, and action plansResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should adhere to article 13 of the Convention in the implementation of target 16.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals.

Recommended measures (5)

• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should consider systemic change by replacing guardianship and all other forms of substituted decision-making with supported decision-making for all persons with disabilities, …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsPractices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should repeal the Guardianship Act, which allows for the deprivation of legal capacity based on impairment, ensure that no person is placed …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsPractices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should establish a legal procedure aimed at restoring the full legal capacity of all persons with disabilities, and, in the adoption of …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should create appropriate and effective safeguards for the exercise of legal capacity that are monitored and supervised at the county level to …
• Type of action: Training and capacity buildingResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public Security
  The State party should conduct capacity-building activities for public officials on the right of persons with disabilities to equal recognition before the law and on …

Recommended measures (5)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResourcesResponsible ministries: Ministry of CultureMinistry of Education and ResearchMinistry of Transport
  The State party should remove all existing barriers preventing access to buildings and services open to the public, such as transportation and information and communication …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Local Government and ModernisationMinistry of Education and ResearchMinistry of Transport
  The State party should introduce regulations to set deadlines and concrete measures with earmarked funding for the universal design of existing buildings, prioritizing primary and …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesLaws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Culture
  The State party should take legislative and practical measures to guarantee access to goods and services, including information and communication services, for persons with disabilities …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should revise the regulations on the universal design of ICT by introducing a requirement for all enterprises that serve the general public …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesLaws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should take specific and effective measures and establish sanctions relating to the implementation of all legislation that provide for access to the …

Recommended measures (5)

• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Culture
  The State party should adopt the legal and other measures necessary to provide for explicit protection from multiple and intersectional forms of discrimination based on …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Justice and Public SecurityMinistry of Culture
  The State party should take effective measures to provide legal aid in all discrimination cases and increase the resources of the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud …
• Type of action: Laws and regulationsResponsible ministries: Ministry of Culture
  The State party should amend the Equality and Anti-Discrimination Act to expand the range of remedies available to complainants in disability-related discrimination cases before the …
• Type of action: Awareness-raising and disseminationResponsible ministries: Ministry of CultureMinistry of Local Government and ModernisationMinistry of Education and Research
  The State party should carry out awareness-raising campaigns and provide training to inform indigenous persons with disabilities, persons with disabilities from ethnic minorities and immigrants …
• Type of action: Statistics and researchResponsible ministries: Ministry of CultureMinistry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should conduct a study on the living conditions of persons with disabilities belonging to minorities, such as the Roma and Tater or …

Recommended measures (6)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesPolicies, strategies, and action plansConsultationResponsible ministries: Ministry of Culture
  The Committee recommends that the State party fully implement the Action Plan against Racism and Discrimination on the grounds of Ethnicity and Religion in consultation …
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsMinistry of Education and Research
  The State party should strengthen vocational education and training, and language training as well as employment services for them.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Education and Research
  The State party should ensure that their education and professional qualifications and work experience abroad are adequately recognized.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Labour and Social AffairsMinistry of Local Government and ModernisationMinistry of Education and Research
  The State party should introduce special measures to improve the employment of persons with an immigration background.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Local Government and Modernisation
  The State party should take targeted measures to address the discrimination faced by them in accessing housing.
• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs
  The State party should remove linguistic and cultural barriers in accessing public and social services.

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Practices and guidelinesResponsible ministries: Ministry of Culture
  The Committee recommends that the State party take effective measures to ensure the activity duties stipulated in Section 26 of the Act are fully implemented …

Recommended measures (1)

• Type of action: Statistics and researchPractices and guidelinesTeaching and curriculumResponsible ministries: Ministry of Education and ResearchMinistry of Local Government and ModernisationMinistry of Health and Care Services
  The Committee recommends that the State party ensure equal access to education, housing and health care for ethnic minorities, without discrimination. It also recommends that …