Sunday 29 January 2017

Know Your Rights 16: Rights of persons with disability

The Ugandan Bill of Rights, Chapter 4 of the Constitution of Uganda, details the rights of all Ugandan citizens. Whether you are a person with a disability (PWD) or not, all these rights are yours.

Article 35 of the Constitution of Uganda states that PWDs have the right to respect and human dignity. The state will take measures to ensure that PWDs realize their full and mental potential. 

Article 35 means that if you are a PWD your rights are supported by law, and your rights are supported by the government. It also means that PWDs are entitled to the same equality and dignity as other citizens of Uganda.

Uganda has a law called the Persons with Disabilities Act which came was enacted in 2006. It is comprehensive legislation modeled on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The rights given to PWDs by this legislation are in addition to your basic human rights.

To get your rights you must demand you rights.
Assistant Commissioner, Disability & Elderly:
Works to mainstream disability into mainstream programs
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Article 35 of the Constitution of Uganda is written like this:
35. Rights of persons with disabilities. 

(1) Persons with disabilities have a right to respect and human dignity, and the State and society shall take appropriate measures to ensure that they realise their full mental and physical potential.

(2) Parliament shall enact laws appropriate for the protection of persons with disabilities.

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