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education system directed at, inter alia, the strengthening of respect for human rights,
including political rights;
(e)
Adopting measures to encourage the active involvement of persons with
disabilities in non-governmental organizations and associations concerned with public and
political life, including political parties, community-based organizations and public boards,
as well as the forming and joining of organizations of persons with disabilities at the local,
regional, national and international levels;
6.
Further calls upon States parties to ensure that measures to assist persons
with disabilities in their participation in political and public life are consistent with the
Convention, including the general principle of inclusion in society;
7.
Urges States parties to review any existing exclusion or restriction of
political rights for persons with disabilities, including those persons with psychosocial,
mental or intellectual disabilities, and to take all appropriate measures, including
legislation, to modify or abolish existing laws, regulations, customs and practices that
constitute discrimination against persons with disabilities;
8.
Calls upon States parties, in adopting and implementing measures to ensure
that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to participate effectively and fully in
political and public life, including the conduct of public affairs on an equal basis with
others, to consult closely with and actively involve persons with disabilities;
9.
Also calls upon States and invites other relevant stakeholders, including
national monitoring mechanisms, to collect appropriate information, including statistical
and research data, to enable the formulation and implementation of policies relating to
participation in political and public life of persons with disabilities;
10.
Encourages all relevant actors in the design of products, environments,
programmes and services relating to participation in political and public life to pay due
attention to universal design, which requires the consideration of the needs of all members
of society in order to avoid the need for any subsequent adaptation or specialized design;
11.
Also encourages all relevant actors in undertaking measures of international
cooperation, between and among States and, as appropriate, in partnership with relevant
international and regional organizations and civil society, to consider appropriate and
effective measures in support of national efforts to enhance enjoyment of political rights by
persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others, such as by facilitating the use of
assistive and new technologies relevant to participation in political and public life;
12.
Decides to continue to integrate the rights of persons with disabilities into its
work, in accordance with Human Rights Council resolution 7/9 of 27 March 2008;
13.
Also decides that its next annual interactive debate on the rights of persons
with disabilities will be held at its twenty-second session, and that it will focus on the work
and employment of persons with disabilities;
14.
Requests the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a study on the work
and employment of persons with disabilities, in consultation with States and other relevant
stakeholders, including the International Labour Organization, regional organizations, the
Special Rapporteur on Disabilities of the Commission for Social Development, civil society
organizations, including organizations of persons with disabilities, and national human
rights institutions, and requests that the study be made available on the website of the
Office of the High Commissioner, in an accessible format, prior to the twenty-second
session of the Human Rights Council;
15.
Encourages organizations of persons with disabilities, national monitoring
bodies and human rights institutions to participate actively in the session referred to in
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