Niger

Population Statistics

18,045,729

Total Population

2,706,859

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

24 June 2008

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Seventh Republic of Niger (2010)

Updated: June 2015

Article 22 states:

The State sees to the elimination of all forms of discrimination concerning women, young girls and handicapped persons. The public policies in all the domains assure their full development and their participation in the national development.

 

Article 26 states:

The State sees to the equality of opportunities chances for handicapped persons with a view to their promotion and/or their social reintegration.

 

Article 87 states:

The right to vote of the Deputies is personal. However, the delegation of the vote is permitted when a Deputy is absent for cause of illness, for the execution of a mandate or a mission entrusted to him by the National Assembly or the Government or to fulfill his military obligations. No one may receive for one ballot more than one delegation of the vote.

 

Article 100 states:

The Law determines the fundamental principles:...of the protection of the elderly persons and of the integration of handicapped persons.

 

Excerpts from the Constitution of the Seventh Republic of Niger (2010)