A/HRC/26/24 Education); and (c) improved access to job creation programmes and business development schemes for women and men with disabilities. Special attention is given to ensuring the full participation of women and girls with disabilities in programme activities. 46. Tunisia: The Partnership programme’s main objective is the inclusion of persons with disabilities from a human rights perspective, strengthening stakeholders’ capacities in advocating, respecting and fulfilling the rights of persons with disabilities and developing a shared new national vision on disability. The programme has four thematic priorities: rights-based advocacy for persons with disabilities; survey, statistics and assessment of social protection mechanisms for persons with disabilities; school inclusion and protection of children with disabilities; and employment of youth with disabilities. E. 1. Europe and Central Asia OHCHR 47. Georgia: In February 2013 OHCHR joined a working group on legislative changes for the development of a social integration strategy for persons with disabilities for 20132016. The ratification of the Convention by the Georgian parliament was a result of advocacy efforts undertaken by OHCHR, other United Nations agencies and civil society. The OHCHR Senior Human Rights Advisor supported the Speaker of the parliament and the Head of the Human Rights Committee of the parliament in the process of ratification. 48. Kosovo: OHCHR is working on reviewing legislation related to combating discrimination in line with international human rights standards, addressing the issue of discrimination against persons with disabilities when exercising their legal capacity. 49. Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia: OHCHR contributed to bringing the Convention higher up the national agenda and closer to the rights-holders. The Office promoted ratification of the Convention through bringing key government and disabilityrelated actors together to develop a plan of action towards ratification, using 2009 universal periodic review recommendations and relevant OHCHR thematic studies as a substantive framework. These efforts contributed to the Macedonian ratification of the Convention on 29 December 2011. OHCHR has since continued to provide sustained strategic support for the implementation of the Convention, including through supporting the establishment of a national implementation mechanism in line with article 33 of the Convention, and training its staff, and for the participatory preparation of the State’s initial report to the Committee. 50. Moldova: As a result of sustained work from 2009 to present, breakthroughs were achieved during the current biennium in laws, government regulations and specific official scenarios (such as segregated school districts) were brought substantially into compliance with relevant international law and standards in the field of non-/anti-discrimination. The creation of a comprehensive anti-discrimination law, for instance, was the result of OHCHR support for government and civil society. Further, the OHCHR Human Rights Adviser worked with government counterparts to develop the Law on the Social Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities, aimed at incorporating the Convention’s provisions into domestic legislation. Adopted in 2012, the Law sets out, for the first time, rights to equal legal capacity and reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities under Moldovan domestic law. Efforts have also focused on the development of school settings inclusive of Roma children and children with disabilities in strategically selected municipalities. OHCHR supported the Ministries of Health, Justice and Labour, Social Protection and Family to establish an inter-ministerial working group to review domestic legislation and policies under article 12 of the Convention, which requires States Parties to move from substituted decision-making to assisted decision-making systems. Activities were fostered to support regulatory and budget amendments to this end. OHCHR also supported, in 12

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