International Laws

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 53

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Articles 52, 59
• Law 7889/1994 “Disabled Status of Work” (amended by Law 8052/1995)
• Law 7821/2000
• Law 8098/1996 “On the Status of the Blind”
• 1997 Council of Minister’s Decree No. 227 “On Obtaining the Status of the Blind”
• 2000 Council of Minister’s Decree No. 671 “On the Establishment of Medical Commission of the Blind”
• Law 8626/2000 (“On the Status of Paraplegics and Tetraplegics”)
• 1994 Council of Minister’s Decree No.307 “On services of social care”
• 2001 Council of Minister’s Decree No.31 “On the Benefits from the Status of Paraplegics and Tetraplegics”
• Council of Minister’s Decree No.387 “On Exclusion of Paraplegics and Tetraplegics from Taxes and Tariffs”
• 1994 Council of Minister’s Decree No.311 “On Obtaining Disability Allownces”
• Law 8092/1996 “On Mental Health”
• Law 7995/1995 “On the Encouragement of Employment” Articles 15, 16
• National Strategy on People with Disabilities
• Law 8872/2002 “On Education and Vocational Training in the Republic of Albania”
• No. 9355, date 10.03.2005 ON SOCIAL ASSISTANCE AND SERVICES

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Family Code Articles 11, 13
• 1990 Act 90-11 on Labour Relations Article 17
• Criminal Code Articles 314-320
• Constitution Article 59

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Labor Code Article 25
• Llei de garantia dels drets de les persones amb discapacitats  (Law guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilities)

• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 14
• 1957 Mental Treatment Ordinance
• 1972 Social Security Act Articles 2, 28
• 2005 The Social Security (Amendment) Act Article 2
• 2005 The Social Security (Amendment) Act Article 2  (alternate link)
• Disabilities And Equal Opportunities Bill, 2017

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Law 24314
• Law 24204 – Public Telephony for Hard-of-Hearing Individuals Law
• Law 25634
• Law 19279 and 24183 – Exemption System for the Acquisition of Vehicles for Persons with Disabilities
• Law 25280 – Inter-American Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities
• Law 24657 – Federal Disability Council
• Law 25346 – National Day of Persons with Disabilities
• Law 18910 – Old Age and Disability Benefits Law
• Law 20475 – Granting of Retirement Benefits to the Disabled
• Law 20888 – Granting of Retirement Benefits to the Blind Law
• Law 23413 – Early Detection of Phenylketonuria
• Law 24901 – System of Basic Services for Habilitation and Comprehensive Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities
• Law 25421 -Primary Mental Health Care Program
• Law 23462 – Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities Law
• Law 24716 – Special leave of absence for working mothers who give birth to a child with Down Syndrome

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• LAW OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA of May 24, 2021 No. ZR-194
  About the rights of persons with disability.
  (as amended of the Law of the Republic of Armenia of 21.12.2021 No. ZR-384)
  Accepted by National Assembly of the Republic of Armenia on May 5, 2021
• Constitution Articles 14.1 and 37
• 2006 Armenian Law on Copyright and Related Rights (Article 22)
• Government Decision No.750-N of 13 June 2003
• Law on Social Protection of People with Disabilities (1993, amended 2002)
• Order 99 of the Cabinet of Ministers on approval of the Statute on criteria for definition of disability status (1997c)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Disability Discrimination Act 1992
• World Wide Web Access: Disability Discrimination Act Advisory Notes 2014
• Aged or Disabled Persons Homes Act, 1989
• Aged or Disabled Persons Care Act, 1954
• Disability Services Act, 1986
• Disability Services Amendment (Improved Quality Assurance) Act, 2002
• Disability Discrimination Amendment (Education Standards) Act, 2005
• Social Security (Disability and Sickness Support Amendment) Act, 1991
• Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Disability, War Widow, and War Widower Pensions) Act, 2007
• Federal Magistrates Amendment (Disability and Death Benefits) Act, 2007
• Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Disability Assistance) Act 2007
• Disability Services (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1986
• Human Services and Health Legislation Amendment Act 1994
• Mental Health And Related Services Assistance Act 1973
• Civil Aviation Amendment Act 2005
• Age Discrimination (Consequential Provisions) Act 2004
• Defence Legislation Amendment Act (No. 1) 1999
• Employment Education and Training Act

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Federal Disability Discrimination Act
• Federal Act on the Service of Official Documents Article 29(7)
• Article 1(3) of the E-Government Act
• Federal Law on National Council Elections Articles 52, 66

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 38
• Order 99 of the Cabinet of Ministers on approval of the Statute on criteria for definition of disability status (1997c)
• The Law of Prevention of Disability, Rehabilitation of Invalids and their Social Protection (1997a)
• Law on Children’s Rights Article 35, 36, 41
• Act No. 284 of 25 August 1992 on Social Protection of Invalids
• The Law of the Azerbaijan Republic About Individual Labour Contracts Articles 7, 32
• Law No 54-IIIG on Employment Pensions Chapter III
• Criminal Procedure Code Articles 92.3.2, 153.2.10, 229
• Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers (no 103, 08 July 2002)
• The Law on Education Article 36.4
• The Law on Education of Persons with Limited Health Capacity
• Labour Code Section 78(2)
• Paragraph 1.2 of Decree #213 of the Cabinet of Ministers of the Azerbaijan Republic 2005
• Law on Social Insurance Articles 3, 4, 6
• Law on Labour Pensions Chapter III
• Law on Social Protection of Children Deprived of Parental Care Article 1
• The Election Code Article 17, 104
• The Law on Civil Service Articles 19, 23
• Law on Physical Training and Sports

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Article 5
• Labor Law of 2012 Articles 89,114
• Law No. 74 of 2006 with respect to Care, Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 15, 28
• 1995 National Policy on Disability
• 2006 Five-year National Action Plan on Disability
• 2011 Bangladesh Persons with Disability Welfare Act

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Article 23

• Ratified CRPD
• КОНСТИТУЦИЯ РЕСПУБЛИКИ БЕЛАРУСЬ (CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS)
• Constitution Article 47
• Law of the Republic of Belarus No. 396-Z of July 14, 2008 (Article 19)
• Council of Ministers Decree N 1602 On the State program to create a barrier-free environment for people with physical disabilities in 2011-2015)
• Постановление Совета Министров № 1126 Об утверждении Комплексной программы развития социального обслуживания на 2011 – 2015 годы (Council of Ministers Decree № 1126 On approval of the Comprehensive Program of social services for 2011-2015)
• Закон № 422-3 О предупреждении инвалидности и реабилитации инвалидов (Law № 422-3 on disability prevention and rehabilitation of persons with disabilities)
• Закон № 1224-xіі О социальной защите инвалидов в Республике Беларусь (Law № 1224-XII On Social Protection of Disabled Persons in the Republic of Belarus)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• 1963 Social Rehabilitation Act
• 2007 Anti-Discrimination Law

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Article 16

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Article 7,26 of the Constitution

• Signed CRPD
• Constitution Article 9

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ley no. 1678 (1995), and English summary 
• Article 71 of the Bolivian Constitution (Spanish)
• Supreme Decree 27477
• Validation of disability for military service
• Financial aid to the indigent blind
• Equal Opportunity Plan for people with disability
• Adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Decree number 29608 Amending and supplementing Supreme Decree 27477 promoting the protection, integration, promotion and job security for people with disabilities
• Ley General para Personas con Discapacidad, 2012 (General Law for people with Disability, 2012)
• Ley N° 1678, De La Persona Con Discapacidad del 15 De Diciembre De 1995 (Law No. 1678 of Persons with Disabilities of 15 December 1995)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Act of 15 March 2010 On Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons
• Regulations of 28 January 2002 On Evaluation of Working Capacity in Relation to Pension and Disability Insurance
• Act of 2 August 2001 On the Protection of Mentally Handicapped Persons
• Regulations of 23 June 1999 On Evaluation of Working Capacity in Relation to Pension and Disability Insurance

• Article 15 of the Constitution
• The National Policy on Care for People with Disability

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Decree 3298/99 – National Policy for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities, Consolidates protection Standards, and Other Measures
• Law 7853/1989 (Provides for support for people with disabilities, their social integration on the National Coordination for the Integration of Persons with Disabilities)
• Law 10754/2003
• Law 8213/91 (Social Security Benefits and Other Provisions)
• Law 10048/2000
• Law 10436/2002 (Brazilian Sign Language)
• Law 10216/2001 (Provides for the Protection and Rights of People with Mental Disorders and Redirects the Mental Health Care Model)
• Decree 3298/1999
• Decree 4360/2002 (regulates the continuous benefits due to the disabled and elderly)
• Decree 7037/2009 (National Human Rights)
• The Act on National Education Guidelines and Bases (Section 58 on)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 48, 51
• Labour Code Article 317 and Supplementary Provision 7
• Employment Encouragement Act
• Law on Protection Against Discrimination

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 18
• Loi no.012-2010/AN du 1er avril 2010, portant protection et promotion des droits des personnes handicapées (Law no.012-2010/AN April 1, 2010, on the protection and promotion of disabled persons)
• Décret 2012-828 Portant Adoption de Mesures Sociales en Faveur des Personnes Handicapées en Matière de Santé et d’Education (Decree 2012-828 Relative to the Adoption of Social Action in Favor of Disabled Persons in Health and Education)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Digital Divide Act (2001)
• Constitution Article 74
• Law on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2009

• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Preamble

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution – Charter of Rights & Freedoms (1982)
• Human Rights Act
• Employment Equity Act

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Article 76
• Constituição da República de Cabo Verde (Constitution of the Republic of Cape Verde)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Had disability laws but the government was recently overthrown in a rebel coup and constitution suspended.

• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities (1994), and English summary

• Ratified CRPD
• Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons
• Regulations on the Education of Persons with Disabilities (1994)
• Regulations on the Employment of People with Disabilities (2007)
• Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities (adopted 1990, revised in 2008)

• Ratified CRPD
• Disability Act, 1997
• Comprehensive Social Security System Act, 1993
• Constitution Articles 13, 16, 25, 47, 49
• Law 762/2002
• Law 324/1996
• Law 335/1996 article 12 – mandates closed captioning or sign language for TV programs
• Law 100/1993 (The Comprehensive Social Security Act) – Article 26 and 157 – addresses “prevention, education, rehabilitation, labor integration, social welfare, and accessibility”
• Law 643/2001 – subsidizes “mental health care and care for persons with various types of disabilities”
• Law 105/1993 and Presidential Order 1660/2003 – “provide for accessible transportation”
• Law 115/1994 – General Education Act – “The promotion of programs providing ‘education for persons with limitations’”-Articles 46-49
• Law 582/2000 – “the National Sports System for persons with disabilities and establishing the Colombian Paralympics Committee as the highest sports authority”
• Ley 1145 de 2007 Por medio de la cual se organiza el Sistema Nacional de Discapacidad y se dictan otras disposiciones (Law 1145 of 2007 (National Disability Council and other provisions)
• LEY 1306 DE 2009: Por la cual se dictan normas para la Protección de Personas con Discapacidad Mental y se establece el Régimen de la Representación Legal de Incapaces Emancipados. (Law 1306, 2009: Establishing rules for the Protection of Persons with Mental Disabilities and establishes a system for Free Legal Representation)
• Ley 1616 DE 2013: por medio de la cual se expide la ley de Salud Mental y se dictan otras disposiciones (Law 1616, 2013: Mental Health Act)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 49

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ley no. 7600 (May 29, 1996),
• Law no. 7600 (May 29, 1996) English translation
• Law 5347 National Advisory of Rehabilitation and Special Education
• Adoption Act of 7948 American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against persons with disabilities.
• Pension for diables persons with dependent
• Amendments to the national law of the Board of Blind No. 2171 30 October 1957 and its ammendments and additions to a new article
• Act. 7219 adopted the Convention on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons.
• Decree no. 19101-S-MEP-TSS-PLAN for establishing national policies for the prevention of impairment and disability and comprehensive rehabilitation.
• Decree 6573-P of the presidency to issue regulations care facilities for elderly and disabled.
• Act 4762 creates the General Directorate of Social Rehabilitation.

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 6

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 57, 64
• Register of Persons with Disabilities Act
• 2001 Census Act
• Croatian Copyright and Related Rights Act (O.G. 167/2003) Article 86
• Labour Act Article 3

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Articles 9, 47, 49

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Law L127 (The Law providing for Persons with Disabilities)
• The Equal Treatment in Employment and Occupation Law of 2004
• Law L 79 (I) 1992 for the establishment of Provident Lottery Fund
• Law L103 (I) 2000, for the establishment of Special Fund for the Center for the Vocational Rehabilitation of the Disabled.

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms Articles 29, 30
• Act No. 435/2004 Coll. (Act on Employment)
• Act No. 100/1988 Coll. (Act on Social Security)
• Pension Insurance Act No. 155/1995
• Act No. 561/2004 (Education Act)
• Social Services Act No. 100 of 1988
• Social Needs Act No. 482 of 1991
• Health Insurance Act No. 285 of 2002
• Building and Planning Act No. 83 of 1998

• Ratified CRPD
• Danish Consolidated Act No. 164 of March 12, 2003 on Copyright (Article 17)
• 1993 Parliamentary Resolution Concerning Equalisation of Opportunities for Disabled People and Non-Disabled People

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Criminal Code Article 390
• The National Pension Fund Act of 28 October 1992 Article 52

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Act. 42-2000, the Disability Act.
• Decree no. 107/95 establishing standards to ensure equal opportunities and employment rights for people with physical, mental or sensory.
• Act. 21-91 recognizing the rights and duties of persons with physical, sensory and / or mental disabilities.
• Act. 53, which is encouraged by the employment of blind people.

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ley Nº 2000–25, Ley sobre Discapacidades del Ecuador
• Reglamento general a la Ley de Discapacidades, effective January 14, 2003
• Ley sobre discapacidades no. 180 (1992), and English summary (now repealed)
• Disabilities Act No. 180 (1992)
• Disabled Act (2001)
• Decree no. 1437 by which dictates the General Rules of the Disabilities Act.
• Act. 97 of Presidential Decree No. reformatory. 1397, concerning the rights of the blind
• Regulations for the use of credit lines for disability organizations.
• Agreement no. 702–A, the Ministry of Social Welfare, laying dictate policies for the development of plans and programs of the National Action concerning Disabled Persons in Ecuador.
• Act. 150 with the decree establishing constant in Article 12 of the law protecting the disabled.
• Official Record #198 – Reform Act of the Labor Code
• Law of the Physical Culture, Sports, and Recreation

• Ratified CRPD
• Law No. 112 of 1980 on a Universal Social Security Scheme
• Law No. 126 of 2008 amending the provisions of the Child Law
• Social Insurance Law No. 92 of 1959
• The Child Act
• 2012 Constitution Articles 70, 72

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ley de equiparcion de oportunidades para las personas con discapacidad
• Regulation of Law Equality of Opportunity for People With Disabilities
• Decree no. 247 on the obligation to employ people with physical limitations.
• Decree no. 791 of the Legislative Assembly, which requires employers to protect and professional rehabilitation of disabled personnel of the Armed Forces.
• Decree no. 21 establishing the Interinstitutional Committee for the professional integration of disabled people.

• Article 14 of the Constitution

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 28
• Estonian Copyright Act amended 2006 (Articles 19 and 27)
• Disability Benefit Law
• Social Welfare Act
• Health Insurance Act
• Market Services and Benefits Act
• Basic Schools and Upper Secondary Schools Act
• Public Transportation Act
• Minister of Social Affairs Regulation No. 27 (31.03.09)
• Government Regulation No. 256 (12.20.07) “rehabilitation services provided under the list of services, pricing, and the maximum value of the introduction of”
• Minister of Social Affairs Regulation 23 in September 2008.
• Minister of Social Affairs Regulation No. 79 (04/12/2000) “applying for technical aids and favorable separation conditions and procedures”
• Economic Affairs and Communications Minister Regulation No. 14 (11/28/2002) “Requirements for mobility, visual or hearing disability in public buildings”

• Ratified CRPD
• Right to Employment of Persons With Disability Proclamation No. 568/2008
• The Rights of Disabled Persons to Employment Proclamation, no. 101/1994
• Labour Proclamation, no. 42 of 1993 – extracts
• Labour Proclamation No. 377, 2003

• Ratified CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Social Justice Act 2001 (Section 4 Affirmative Action Plans)
• Fiji Constitution (1988)
• Human Rights Commission Act 1999
• Fiji National Council of Disabled Persons Act 1994

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution (2000)
• Findland Copyright Act Articles 17 and 26

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Code Penal – extracts
• Code du Travail – extracts
• Decree no. 91–663
• Decree no. 98–543
• Decree no. 99–756
• Decree no. 99–757

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 1(8)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Constitution of the Second Republic of The Gambia Sections 31 and 33
• Injuries Compensation Act, 1990

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution (1949, amendments to 1998)
• Disability Discrimination Act (BGG)
• Law on Equal Opportunities for Disabled People
• SGB IX (Law on Rehabilitation and Participation of Disabled People)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Persons With Disability Act, 2006
• Constitution (1992)
• The Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715) of the Republic of Ghana: The Law, Omissions and Recommendations  Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization
• Labour Act, 2003
• Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1987

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 21

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Law of Attention to Persons with Disabilities, 135-1996

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Constitution Articles 24, 149

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Decree no. 160–2005 laying gives the Equity Act and integral development for persons with disabilities.
• Act to promote employment of disabled persons (Decree no. 17–91).
• Decree no. 184–87 – Law on Rehabilitation of the Handicapped
• Decree no. 926 establishing the National Council for Comprehensive Rehabilitation
• Vocational Rehabilitation (Disabled) Recommendation, 1955
• Ley de equidad y desarrollo integral para las personas con discapacidad (Law of equality and comprehensive development for persons with disabilities)
• Ley de promoción de empleos para personas minusválidas (Law for the promotion of employment of people with disabilities)
• Politica Publica para el ejercicio de los derechos de las personas con discapacidad y su inclusion social en Honduras (Public Policy for the exercise of the rights of people with disability and their social inclusion in Honduras)

• Ordinance on Disability, c. 487 (1990)
• Disability Discrimination Ordinance (1995)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution (1949, amendments to 1997)
• Equalization Opportunity Law (Act no. XXVI of 1998)
• Hungarian Act No LXXVI Article 41

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Labour Market Measures Act No. 55/2006
• Act on the Affairs of People with Disabilities No. 59/1992
• Law on the Service and Information Centre for the Blind, Visually impaired and the Deafblind No. 160/2008
• Regulation for Special Education (no. 389/1996)
• Law on the Service and Information Center for the Blind, Visually impaired and the Deafblind No. 160/2008
• The Compulsory School Act No. 91, 12 June 2008

• Ratified CRPD
• The Rights of Persons With Disabilities Act, 2016
• Download The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (PDF)
• The National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Mental Retardation and Multiple Disabilities Act, 1999

• Ratified CRPD
• Act of the Republic of Indonesia Number 4, of 1997, Concerning Disabled People
• Nation Plan of Action for the Measure of Social Welfare Enhancement for Indonesia’s People with Disabilities
• Ministry of Public Works Decree on Building Accessibility and Environment (2006)

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Article 29

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Disability Act 2005 Updated to 6 January 2022
• Equal Status Acts 2000-2021
• Employment Equality Act 1998 (Updated to 31 May 2022)
• National Disability Authority Act, 1999

• Ratified CRPD
• Equal Rights for People with Disabilities Law, 5758–1998

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• The Constitution of the Italian Republic, Article 38
• Law 376/1988 (Gratuity of Transportation of Guide Dogs for the Blind on Public Transport and the Right of Access in Venues Open to the Public)
• Law 15/1991 (Rules Designed to Facilitate the Vote of Voters with Limited Mobility)
• Law 104/1992 (Framework Law for the Assistance, Social Integration and Rights of Disabled People)
• Law 17/1999 (Integration and modification of the framework law on February 5, 1992, n. 104, for the assistance, social integration and rights of disabled people)
• Law 17/2003 (New Rules for the Exercise of Voting Rights by Voters Suffering from Serious Infirmity)
• Law 22/2006 (Home Voting for the Disabled)
• Law 118/1971 (Rules in Favor of the Civilian Disabled)
• Law 120/1991 (Blind individuals in public office)
• Law 4/2004 (Provisions to Support the Access of Disabled People to Computing)
• Law 633/1941 – Protection of copyright and other rights related to exercising it
• Law 845/1978 (Framework Law on Vocational Training) Articles 3 and 4
• Law 68/1999 (Regulations for the Right to Work of the Disabled)
• Law 67/2006 (Measures for the Judicial Protection of Persons with Disabilities Who Become Victims of Discrimination)
• Legislative Decree 216/2003 (Implementation of Directive 2000/78/EC on Rqual Treatment in Employment and Occupation)
• Law 946/1967 (Admission of Blind Graduates to Certain Competitions for Professorships and the Placing of Qualified Blind Teachers in the Roles of Middle School)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• 1999 National Policy of Disability in Jamaica
• Constitution Article 24

• Ratified CRPD (January 20, 2014)
• Law to Promote the Elimination of Discrimination Based on Disability (June 19, 2013)
• Human Resources Development Promotion Law
• Law for the Welfare of Physically Disabled Persons (1949, amended 1986)
• The Mental Health and Mentally Disabled Persons Welfare Law (1950, Amended 1993)
• Law for the Welfare of Mentally Disabled Persons (1960)
• Law for Employment Promotion and Matters related to Disabled Persons (1960, amended in 2005)
• Basic Law on Persons with Disabilities (1970, amended 2004)
• Act for Research, Development, and Dissemination of Assistive Devices (1993)
• Act for Promotion of Use of Communication and Broadcasting Services by Disabled Persons (1993)
• 1994 Labour Act
• Services and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (2005)
• The Act on Buildings Accessible and Usable for the Elderly and Physically Disabled (June, 1994)
• Law concerning the Payment of Special Disability Benefit for Persons with Special Disability (2004)
• Act on Mental Health and Welfare 1998
• Law for the Support of Developmentally Disabled persons (2004)
• Law on the Facilitation of Movement for Aged and Handicapped Persons (2006)
• Law to support the Independence of Persons with Disabilities (2005)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2017

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Қазақстан Республикасының Конституциясы
• Constitution of the Republic of Kazakhstan (English)
• Law on Social Protection of Disabled Persons (2006)

• Ratified CRPD
• National Social Security Fund Act, 1965 (with 1997 Amendment) (PDF)
• Persons with Disabilities Act (Revised Edition 2012)
• The Regulation of Wages and Conditions of Employment Act, 1951
• The Work Injury Benefits Act

• Ratified CRPD
• Law No. 8 of 2010 for the Rights of People with Disabilities

• Signed CRPD
• Constitution Article 27

• Ratified CRPD
• Decree on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (2007)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 109, 110

• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Articles 18, 33 of the Constitution
• 1995 Education Act
• 1995 Building Control Act
• 2001 National Assembly Election #1 Amendment Act
• 1984 The Lesotho Technical Vocational Training Act
• Special Education Unit of the Ministry of Education and Training
• National Disability and Rehabilitation Policy

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Labour Practices Law

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Law No. (4) of 2013 on the issuance of provisions relating to War of Liberation victims with permanent disability
• Disabled Persons Law No. 3
• Law No. 13 of 1980 on Social Security
• Law No. 20 of 1998 on the Social Care Fund
• Law No. 5 of 1987 on disabled persons

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 52, 53
• Law on Support of Employment (2006) Article 26
• Social Enterprises Law (2004)
• 2002 Labour Code Articles 92, 127, 129, 135, 150, 154, 155, 161, 166, 169, 170, 184, 214, 279
• 2004 Law on Social Integration of the Disabled
• 2002 Individual Income Tax Act Article 20

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Loi sur les travailleurs handicapes (Nov. 12 1991), and English summary
• Code Penal – extracts (ss. 444 & 453–58) (1997), and English summary

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Loi no. 97–044 sur les personnes handicapees
• Code du Travail – extracts (1994)
• Article 30 of the Constitution

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution (1994)
• Handicapped Persons Act Chapter 33:02
  [Note: This version of the Act was revised and consolidated in the Forth Revised Edition of the Laws of Malawi (L.R.O. 1/2015), by the Solicitor General and Secretary for Justice under the authority of the Revision of the Laws Act.]
• Worker’s Compensation Act
• Disability Bill – 2012

• Ratified CRPD
• Persons with Disabilities Act (2008)

• Ratified CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act (2000)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Act, 1996
• The Training and Employment of Disabled Persons (Amendment) Act 2012
• Employment of Disabled Persons Act, 1988
• National Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1987
• The Building (Amendment) Act, 1999
• Training and employment of Disabled Persons Act, 1996
• Trust Fund for Disabled Persons Act, 1988
• Unemployment Hardship Relief (Amendment) Act 1990
• Constitution Article 16

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Lay Para Las Personas Con Discapacidad Del Distrito Federal
• Ley General Para La Inclusión de las Personas con Discapacidad (General Act on the Inclusion of People with Disabilities)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 16(5)
• 1999 Labour Law (Articles 74, 111)
• The Mongolian Social Security Law for People with Disabilities
• Law of Mongolia on Vocational Education and Training (Articles 11, 12, 25)
• State Social Welfare Law
• The Mongolian Social Security Law (Articles 28, 29)
• The Law of Mongolia on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities (February 2016)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 64, 68, 69
• 2008 Disability Training and Employment Act
• The 2008 Medical and Technical Regulation

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 68

• Ratified CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Affirmative Action (Employment) Act, 1998
• Affirmative Action (Employment) Amendment Act 6 of 2007
• Labour Amendment Act, 2012 (PDF)
• Namibian HIV/AIDS Charter of Rights, 2000
• National Disability Council Act, 2004
• National Pensions Act, 1992
• Constitution

• Ratified CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• The Act Relating to Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 2074 (2017)
• National Inclusion Commission Act, 2074 (2017)
• Nepal’s Constitution of 2015 (PDF)
• 2006 National Policy and Plan of Action on Disability

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Primary Education Act 1998 (WPO)
• Expertise Centres Act (WEC)
• Act on Equal Treatment on the Grounds of Handicap or Chronic Illness (2003)

• Ratified CRPD
• Human Rights Act, 1993
• Human Rights Amendment Bill of 2001
• Disabled Persons Employment Promotion (Repeal and Related Matters) Bill (18 May 2004, No. 138–1)
• Disabled Persons Community Welfare Act 1975
• Disability (United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities) Act 2008
• Health and Disability Services (Saftey) Act 2001
• Intellectual Disability (Compulsory Care and Rehabilitation) Act 2003
• New Zealand Public Health and Disabilty Act 200
• Health and Disability Commissionaer Act 1994

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ley no. 202 (1995)
• Decreto No. 50 – 97 (1997)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 22, 26, 100

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act, 2018
• Nigerians with Disability Decree, 1993
• National Commission for Rehabilitation Act, 1969
• National Provident Fund Act, 1961

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Norwegian Plan for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities in Development Cooperation, prepared by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs
• University- and Higher Educations Act
• The Education Act of 17 July 1998

• Ratified CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• The Disabled Persons (Employment and Rehabilitation) Ordinance, No. 46 of 1981
• National Policy for Persons with Disability 2002

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Disabled Person’s Anti-Discrimination Act 30 PNC ‘ 509

• Signed CRPD
• Law No. (4) for the year 1999 On the Rights of the Disabled

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Codigo de la familia, Ley no. 3, may 17, 1994 – extracts, and English summary
• Resolved Vol. 606 AR–256 Establishing the Office of Equal Opportunity.
• Executive Decree 103 which created the National Secretariat for Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities and the National Advisory Council for the Social Integration of Persons with Disabilities.
• Law 42 which sets the equalization of opportunities for people with disabilities

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Labour code of 1961 (abstract)
• Political constitution of 1992 (abstracts)
• Act. 36/90 adopting the Convention on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled Persons (Convention no. 159)
• Act. 780 of 30 November 1979 establishing the National Institute of exceptional individuals protection

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Peru Law No. 29973, General Law On Persons With Disabilities
• Ley No. 27050 – Ley General de la Persona con Discapacidad
• Peru Updates to the General Law on Persons with Disabilities Law No 29973 2012
• Supreme Decree No. 102–204–EF. Set the scale to be taken into account in applying the additional percentage on the salaries paid to disabled persons who are entitled to income–producing third rate employing disabled people. It also provides methods for certifying the condition of disability.
• Wage Law. 949 per amending the Law on income tax to pay considering the deduction provided for in Article 35 of the General Law on Persons with Disabilities.
• Act. 28,164 amending several articles of Law no. 27050, General Law of Persons with Disabilities.
• Supreme Decree no. 001–2003–TR establishing the Registry of Companies Promote Persons with Disabilities.
• Act. 27,139 amending article 6. of the Act. General Law for 27,050 disabled.
• Engagement. RVMI–010–90, dated 26 January 1990 approving the rules of organization and functions of the National Institute of Rehabilitation.
• Presidential Decree no. 001–89–SA which provides that disabled persons can access the vacancies in the three occupational groups that exist in public sector bodies.
• Ministerial resolution no. 474–88–TR laying people have visual impairment and / or physical limitation in positions of telephone operators working in the sector.
• Presidential Decree no. 037–88–TR for approving the regulations of law no. 24,759 (on the protection, care and occupational rehabilitation of disabled and legal regime governing the business of the disabled).
• Act. 24,759, on Business Conditions of Disabled
• Resolucion ministerial nom. 398–86–TR por la que se aprueba el reglamento interno para el funcionamiento de la Comision Nacional de Apoyo a la Colocacion Selectiva.
• Act. 24,067 shares on the regulation of health, education, social work and advocacy on issues of promotion and delivery of services prevented in order to achieve social integration.
• Law 23,285 of work for people with physical, sensory and intellectual.

• Ratified CRPD
• Magna Carta for Disabled Persons
• 2006 Republic Act 9442
• 1954 Republic Act 1179 (An Act to Provide for the Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation of the Blind and Other Handicapped Persons and Their Return to Civil Employment)
• 1955 Republic Act 1373 (Trust Fund for the Benefit of Disabled Filipino Boxers)
• 1963 Republic Act 3562 (An Act to Promote the Education of the Blind in the Philippines)
• 1965 Republic Act 4564 (Annual sweepstakes race for the development and expansion program for the physically disabled)
• 1968 Republic Act 5250 (AN ACT ESTABLISHING A TEN-YEAR TRAINING PROGRAM FOR TEACHERS OF SPECIAL AND EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN IN THE PHILIPPINES AND AUTHORIZING THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS THEREOF)
• 1989 Republic Act 6759 (An Act Declaring August 1st of Each Year as White Cane Safety Day in the Philippines and for Other Purposes)
• 1992 Republic Act 7277 (An Act Providing for the Rehabilitation, Self-Development and Self-Reliance of Disabled Persons and their Integration into the Mainstream of Society and for Other Purposes)
• Section 17 of 2007 Republic Act 9433 (An Act Providing for a Magna Carta for Public Social Workers)
• 2010 Republic Act 10070 (An Act Establishing an Institutional Mechanism to Ensure the Implementation of Programs and Services for Persons with Disabilities in Every Province, City, and Municipality)
• 2012 Republic Act 10524

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Article 69
• Act on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (1997)
• The Charter of Rights of Disabled People (1997)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Decree Law No. 247/89
• Legislative Decree No. 40/83 of 25 January 1983 and Decree No. 37/85 of 24 June 1985 (The Sheltered Employment System)
• Decree Law 29/2001 of February 3 (Employment Quota System)
• Labor Code
• Law 38/2004 of August 18 (General Legal Basis of Prevention, Enable, Rehabilitation, and Participation of People with Disabilities)
• Constitution Articles 58, 59, 63, 71
• Law 46/2006 of 28 August 2006 (Antidiscrimination Law)
• Law 163 of 8 August 2006 (Accessibility in Construction)
• Law 38 of 18 August 2004 (Judicial and Administrative Law Framework)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Labour Law No. 14 (2004) Part 11

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Romania – Law no. 448/2006 Of December 06, 2006

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution of the Russian Federation, Article 39
• The decree of the President of the Russian Federation of 22 December 1993, No. 2254, on measures of state support for the activity of all-Russian associations of persons with disabilities.
• The Federal Law on social services for older citizens and citizens with disabilities of 2 August 1995, No. 122.
• The Federal Law on social protection for persons with disabilities in the Russian Federation of 24 November 1995, No. 181.

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• LAW N° 01/2007 of 20/01/2007 Relating to Protection of Disabled Persons in General

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution, Article 27

• Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50)
• Disability Discrimination (Services & Premises) Regulations 1996
• Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 (c. 17)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 21, 60, 69, 97
• 2009 Law on Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• National Council for Disabled Persons Act, 1994
• Seychelles Pension Fund Act
• Social Security (Amendment) Act, 1980
• Social Security Act, 1987
• Constitution Article 36

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• National Security and Insurance Trust Act, 2001
• Constitution Article 8(3)(e)

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• 1990 Barrier Free Accessibility Code
• Code on Accessibility in the Built Environment 2019

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 38, 39, 40

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Articles 14, 50, 52
• Action Program for the Disabled 2007-2013

• Signed CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution – Bill of Rights (1996)
• Employment Equity Bill (B60–98)
• Blind Persons Act, 1968
• Disability Grants Act, 1968
• Employment Equity Act 1998
• Second Pension Laws Amendment Act, 1970
• Special Pensions Act
• Special Pensions Amendment Act, 1998
• Welfare Laws Amendment Act, 1997
• Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1941

• Ratified CRPD
• Act on the Prohibition of Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities (2017)
• Act on Special Education for Persons With Disabilities (2018)
• Act on Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Persons (2014)
• Welfare law for Persons with Disabilities (no. 4179, Dec. 30, 1989)
• Welfare for Persons with Disabilities Act (WPWDA) 1989
• Special Education Promotion Act (SEPA) in 1977. SEPA is abolished in 2007 and the Act on the Special Education for Individuals with Disabilities and the Like is enacted.
• Act on Mobility Convenience of Mobility Vulnerable (2005)
• Act on Facilities Improvement for Persons with disabilities (1997)
• Act on Employment Promotion and Vocational Rehabilitation for Disabled Persons (2007)
• Anti–Discrimination Against and Remedies for Persons with Disabilities Act (2007)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Act no. 8, to Promulgate a Worker’s Charter
• Ley 51/2003 – de igualdad oportunidades, no discriminación y accesibilidad universal de las personas con discapacidad

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (1996, amended 2003)
• Rehabilitation of the Visually Handicapped Trust Fund Act (1992)
• Social Security Board Act No. 17 of 1996
• Wage Board Ordinance No 27, 1941
• Employees Trust Fund
• Workmen’s Compensation Act Chapter 139, 1934
• Ranaviru Seva Act No. 54 of 1999

• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Child Act, 2004

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1983

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• 2008 Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567) (Swedish)
• 2008 Discrimination Act (SFS 2008:567) (English)
• Act Concerning Support & Service for Persons with Certain Functional Impairments, SFS 1993: 387
• Law on a Ban Against Discrmination Disabled Persons in Working Life, 1999– 132
• Act Prohibiting Discrimination, SFS 2003: 307
• Ordinance (2000:630) and Ordinance (2008:1438) on Special Measures for People with Disabilities that Impaired Work
• Ordinance (2000:628) on the Labor Market Policy
• Work Environment Act (1977 as amended 2005)
• the revised 1982 Act on Job Retention (LAS)
• 2008 Act on Social Insurance
• Constitution Article 2

• Constitution (2000)

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• 2012 Constitution Article 22

• 身心障礙者權益保障法
• People with Disabilities Rights Protection Act 1980

• Signed CRPD (2018)
• Constitution Articles 34, 39

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• National Employment Promotion Service Act, 1999
• The Disabled Persons (Care and Maintenance) Act No. 3 of 1982
• The Disabled Persons (Employment) Act No. 2 of 1982
• The Workers Compensation Act, 2008
• Zanzibar Social Security Fund Act, 1998

• Ratified CRPD
• 1991 Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons Act
• The Persons with Disabilities Empowerment Act B.E. 2550 (2007)
• The Persons with Disabilities Education Act B.E. 2551 (2008)

• Constitution Articles 16, 21

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Anayasasi (Constitution of Turkey)
• Özürlüler Ve Bazi Kanun Ve Kanun Hükmünde Kararnamelerde Değişiklik Yapilmasi Hakkinda Kanun
• Sosyal Hizmetler Kanunu (Social Services Act)
• Özel Eğitim Hakkinda Kanun Hükmünde Kararname (Decree on Special Education)
• Law 5378 (Law on Disabled People)
• Turkish Disability Act

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution Article 34

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Constitution (1995)
• Children’s Act
• Civil Procedure Act
• The Disabled Persons Act, 2006
• The Geneva Conventions Act
• The Movement Act
• The National Council for Disability Act, 2003
• Traffic and Road Safety Act 1998
• Trial on Indictments Act< /li>
• Uganda National Institute for Special Education Act
• Universal Primary Education Act, 1996

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ukraine’s Constitution of 1996 with Amendments through 2016
• Article 46

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Equality Act 2010
• Disability Rights Commission Act 1999 (repealed)
• Northern Ireland, Disability Discrimination Regulations 1996
• Disability Discrimination Act 1995
• Disability Discrimination Act 2005
• Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001

• Signed CRPD
• Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973
• Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
• The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)
• ADA Ammendments Act of 2008

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol
• Ley 16.095. Establécese un sistema para asegurarles una protección integral a Discapacitados

• Ratified CRPD
• Constitution Articles 39, 45
• Law 644
• Civil Code 1279
• Law 13102
• Order 22515.6

• Ratified CRPD

• Ley para la integracion de las personas incapacitadas (Aug. 15, 1993)
• Law for People with disability

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD
• Ordinance on Disabled Persons (1998)
• The Barrier–Free Access Code and Standards (2002)
• Constitution Article 67
• 2010 National Law on Persons with Disabilities

• Ratified CRPD
• Ratified CRPD Optional Protocol

• Ratified CRPD
• Signed CRPD Optional Protocol
• The Persons with Disabilities Act 1996
• Handicapped Persons Act, 1968
• Worker’s Compensation Act, 1999

• Disabled Persons Act [Chapter 17:01]
• Children’s Amendment Bill H.B. 12, 2021
• The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act, 2013 Articles 22 and 56