Maldives

Population Statistics

393,253

Total Population

58,988

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

05 April 2010

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Maldives (1998, last amended 2008)

Updated: June 2015

Article 17 states:

(a) Everyone is entitled to the rights and freedoms included in this Chapter without discrimination of any kind, including race, national origin, colour, sex, age, mental or physical disability, political or other opinion, property, birth or other status, or native island.

(b) Special assistance or protection to disadvantaged individuals or groups, or to groups requiring special social assistance, as provided in law shall not be deemed to be discrimination, as provided for in article (a).

 

Article 20 states:

Every individual is equal before and under the law, and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Republic of Maldives (1998, last amended 2008)