Laos

Population Statistics

6,911,544

Total Population

1,036,732

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

25 September 2009

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Decree on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2003, last amended 2007)

Updated: July 2015

Constitution of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (1991, last amended 2003)

Updated: June 2015

Law on the Election of Members of the National Assembly (2001)

Updated: June 2015

Phonekeo Lattanavong: Lao Disabled People's Association LDPA

Updated: September 2018

In August 2018, the General Election Network for Disability Access (AGENDA), a creative partnership of disabled people's organizations (DPOs) and election-focused civil society organizations in Southeast Asia founded by the ...