Country Laws Index

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• Argentina - Ley 22.431, y decreto reglamentario 498/83

• Australia - Disability Discrimination Act 1992

• Bolivia - Ley no. 1678 (1995), and English summary

• Brazil - Constitution (1988)

• Bulgaria - Law for Protection, Rehabilitation and Social Integration of Disabled (including 2002 amendments)

• Canada 1 - Constitution - Charter of Rights & Freedoms (1982)

• Canada 2 - Canadian Human Rights Act

• Canada 3 - Employment Equity Act

• Chile - Ley no. 19.284 (1994), and English summary

• China - Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons

• Colombia - Ley no. 361 DE 1997

• Costa Rica - Ley no. 7600 (May 29, 1996),

• Costa Rica - Law no. 7600 (May 29, 1996) English translation

• Ecuador - Ley sobre discapacidades no. 180 (1992), and English summary

• Ethiopia 1 - The Rights of Disabled Persons to Employment Proclamation, no. 101/1994

• Ethiopia 2 - Labour Proclamation, no. 42 of 1993 - extracts

• Fiji - Fiji Constitution (1988)

• Finland - Constitution (2000)

• France 1 - Code Penal - extracts

• France 2 - Code de Travail - extracts

• France 3 - Loi no. 91-663 (13 July 1991),

• France 4 - Decree no. 98-543,

• France 5 - Decree no. 99-756,

• France 6 - Decree no. 99-757,

• Gambia - Constitution (1996 Draft)

• Germany 1 - Constitution (1949, amendments to 1998)

• Germany 2 - Severely Handicapped Persons Act - extracts (1986)

• Ghana1 - Constitution (1992)

• Ghana2 - The Disabled Persons Act 1993

• Ghana 3 – Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715)

• Guatemala - Law of Attention to Persons with Disabilities, 135-1996

• Hong Kong Ordinance on Disability, c. 478 (1990)

• Hungary 1 - Constitution (1949, amendments to 1997)

• Hungary 2 - Equalization Opportunity Law (Act no. XXVI of 1998)

• India - Persons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights & Full Participation) Act,1995 (no. 1 of 1996)

• Ireland - Employment Equality Act (no. 21 of 1998)

• Ireland - Equal Status Act, 2000

• Ireland - National Disability Authority Act, 1999

• Israel - Equal Rights for People with Disabilities Law, 5758-1998

• Japan - Human Resources Development Promotion Law

• Jordan - Law for the Welfare of Disabled Persons, no. 12 of 1993

• Korea 1 - Welfare law for Persons with Disabilities (no. 4179, Dec. 30, 1989)

• Korea 2 - Act Relating to Employment Promotion, etc. of the Handicapped (no. 4129, Jan. 15, 1990)

• Korea3 - The Special Education Promotion law (amended on Jan. 7, 1994)

• Luxembourg 1 - Loi sur les travailleurs handicapes (Nov. 12 1991), and English summary

• Luxembourg 2 - Code Penal - extracts (ss. 444 & 453-58) (1997), and English summary

• Madagascar 1 - Loi no. 97-044 sur les personnes handicapees

• Madagascar 2 - Code de Travail - extracts (1994)

• Malawi - Constitution (1994)

• Malawi - No. 48 of 1971

• Malta - Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act (2000)

• Mauritius - Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Act, 1996

• Mexico - Lay Para Las Personas Con Discapacidad Del Distrito Federal

• Namibia 1 - Labour Act 1992 - extracts

• Namibia 2 - National Vocational Training Act, no. 18, 1994

• Netherlands - Act on Equal Treatment on the Grounds of Handicap or Chronic Illness (2003)

• New Zealand 1 - Human Rights Act, 1993

• New Zealand 2 - Human Rights Amendment Act of 2001

• New Zealand 3 - Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill (18 May 2004, No. 138-1)

• Nicaragua - Ley no. 202 (1995)

• Nigeria - Nigerians with Disability Decree 1993

Palestinian Territory - Law No. (4) for the year 1999 On the Rights of the Disabled

• Panama - Codigo de la familia, Ley no. 3, may 17, 1994 - extracts, and English summary

• Paraguay - LABOUR CODE OF 1961 (abstract)

• Paraguay - POLITICAL CONSITUTION OF 1992 (abstracts)

• Philippines - Magna Carta for the Disabled

• Peru - Ley No. 27050 - Ley General de la Persona con Discapacidad

• Scotland 1 - Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)

• Scotland 2 - Disability Discrimination (Services & Premises) Regulations 1996

• Scotland 3 - Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 (c. 17)

• South Africa 1 - Constitution - Bill of Rights (1996)

• South Africa 2 - Employment Equity Bill (B60-98)

• Spain 1 - ACT NO. 8, TO PROMULGATE A WORKER'S CHARTER

• Spain 2 - Ley 51/2003 - de igualdad oportunidades, no discriminación y accesibilidad universal de las personas con discapacidad

• Sri Lanka - 1996 Protection of Persons with Disabilities Law

• Sweden 1 - Act Concerning Support & Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments, SFS 1993: 387

• Sweden 2 - Law on a Ban Against Discrmination Disabled Persons in Working Life, 1999- 132

• Sweden 3 - Act Prohibiting Discrimination, SFS 2003: 307

• Switzerland - Constitution (2000)

• Thailand - 1991 Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act

• Uganda - Constitution (1995)

• Uruguay - Ley 16.095 - Establécese un sistema para asegurarles una protección integral a discapacitades

• UK 1 - Disability Discrimination Act 1995

• UK 2 - Disability Rights Act 1999

• UK 3 - Northern Ireland, Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996

• UK 4 - Disability Rights Act 2005

• UK 5 - Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001

• USA - The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

• Venezuela - Ley para la integracion de las personas incapacitadas (Aug. 15, 1993)

• Zambia - The Persons with Disabilities Act 1996

• Zimbabwe - Disabled Persons Act 1992

 

 

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