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International Laws and Regulations

Excerpts from international and regional legislation, declarations, and commitments in which the rights of persons with disabilities to the political process are guaranteed.

  • U.N. Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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  • Protocol on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

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  • Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities 2010-2019

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  • The Arab Plan to Foster the Culture of Human Rights

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  • Cairo Declaration on Human Rights in Islam

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  • Arab Charter on Human Rights (2008)

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  • African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance

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  • African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights

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  • U.N. Human Rights Council - Resolution A/HRC/28/L.5

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  • Jakarta Addendum to Address Overlapping Forms of Marginalization, AGENDA Regional Dialogue

    On the left is a woman using a wheelchair. Her face is turned away from the camera and she's talking to two women who are standing; all three are leaning over a table. On the right, in the foreground, is a man using a wheelchair observing the conversation
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