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
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 1 - Ley Nº 2000-25, Ley sobre Discapacidades del Ecuador
Ecuador 2 - Reglamento general a la Ley de Discapacidades, effective January 14, 2003
Ecuador 3 - Ley sobre discapacidades no. 180 (1992), and English summary (now repealed)
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
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)
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
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
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)
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
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 2 - Disability Rights Act 1999
UK 3 - Northern Ireland, Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996
UK 4 - Disability Rights Act 2005
Venezuela - Ley para la integracion de las personas incapacitadas (Aug. 15, 1993)
Zimbabwe - Disabled Persons Act 1992
Palestinian Territory - Law No. (4) for the year 1999 On the Rights of the Disabled
