Persons with Disabilities

Some initial resources available for ESC rights defenders seeking to fully protect and promote the rights of people who have permanent or transitory functional limitations linked to their physical, intellectual or sensory impairments, medical conditions or mental illnesses are:

• Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons
• Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons
• Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care
• U.N. Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights General Comment Number 5
• Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors’ Benefits Convention