1346 OF 2009

(July 31)

Official Journal No. 47.427 of 31 July 2009

CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC

By means of which the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" is adopted, adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006.

THE CONGRESS OF THE REPUBLIC

Having regard to the text of the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 13 December 2006, which reads:

(To be transcribed: photocopy of the integrated texts of the mentioned international instruments is attached).

CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

Preamble

States Parties to this Convention,

a) Remembering that the principles of the Charter of the United Nations proclaiming that freedom, justice and peace in the world are based on the recognition of inherent dignity and value and of rights equal and inalienable of all members of the human family,

b) Acknowledging that the United Nations, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in International Human Rights Acts, have recognized and proclaimed that every person has the rights and freedoms statements in those instruments, without distinction of any kind,

c) Reaffirming the universality, indivisibility, interdependence and interrelation of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as the need to ensure that people with disabilities exercise them fully and without discrimination,

d) Remembering the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and Their Rights family,

e) Recognizing that disability is a concept that evolves and results from interaction between people with disabilities and barriers due to attitude and environment that prevent their full participation and effective in society, on an equal footing with others,

(f) Recognizing the importance of the principles and policy guidelines contained in the Global Action Programme for Impeded and the Uniform Standards on Equal Opportunities for Women. Persons with Disabilities as a factor in the promotion, formulation and evaluation of standards, plans, programmes and measures at national, regional and international level aimed at giving greater equality of opportunity to persons with disabilities,

g) Highlighting the importance of incorporating disability issues as an integral part of relevant sustainable development strategies,

h) Recognising also that discrimination against any person on the grounds of their disability constitutes a violation of the inherent dignity and value of the human being,

i) Further recognizing the diversity of people with disabilities,

j) Recognizing the need to promote and protect the human rights of all persons with disabilities, including those who need more intense support,

k) Observing with concern that, despite these various instruments and activities, people with disabilities continue to encounter barriers to participate in equal conditions with others in social life and that their human rights continue to be violated in all parts of the world,

l) Recognizing the importance of international cooperation to improve the living conditions of people with disabilities in all countries, particularly in developing countries,

m) Recognizing the value of the contributions they make and can make people with disabilities to the general well-being and diversity of their communities, and that the promotion of the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms for people with disabilities and their full participation will result in a greater sense of belonging to these people and significant advances in the economic, social and human development of society and in the eradication of poverty,

n) Recognising the importance for people with disabilities of their autonomy and individual independence, including the freedom to make their own decisions,

or) Considering that people with disabilities should have the opportunity to actively participate in decision-making processes on policies and programs, including those that directly affect them,

p) Concerned about the plight of people with disabilities who are victims of multiple or aggravated forms of discrimination on the basis of race, color, sex, language, religion, opinion political or any other kind, national, ethnic, indigenous or social origin, heritage, birth, age or any other condition,

q) Acknowledging that women and girls with disabilities are often exposed to a greater risk, inside and outside the home, of violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, abuse or exploitation,

r) Recognising also that children with disabilities must fully enjoy all human rights and fundamental freedoms on equal terms with other children and children, and obligations that the States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child assumed in this regard,

s) Underlining the need to incorporate a gender perspective into all activities aimed at promoting the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by people with disabilities,

t) Highlighting the fact that most people with disabilities live in poverty and recognizing, in this respect, the fundamental need to mitigate the negative effects of poverty on the persons with disabilities,

u) Having present that in order to achieve the full protection of persons with disabilities, in particular during armed conflicts and foreign occupation, it is essential that conditions of peace and security be given based on full respect for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations and respect for existing human rights instruments,

v) Recognizing the importance of accessibility to the physical, social, economic and cultural environment, to health and education and to information and communications, so that people with disabilities can enjoy fully of all human rights and fundamental freedoms,

w) Aware that people, who have obligations towards other people and the community to which they belong, have a responsibility to ensure, by all means, that rights are promoted and respected recognised in the International Charter of Human Rights,

x) Convinced that the family is the natural and fundamental collective unit of society and is entitled to receive protection from the state and the state, and that persons with disabilities and their families should receive the protection and assistance needed to enable families to contribute to the full and equal rights of persons with disabilities,

and) Convinced that a comprehensive and comprehensive international convention to promote and protect the rights and dignity of people with disabilities will contribute significantly to alleviating the profound social disadvantage of persons with disabilities and will promote their participation, with equal opportunities, in the civil, political, economic, social and cultural fields, in both developing and developed countries,

Concome in the following:

ARTICLE 1o. PURPOSE.

The purpose of this Convention is to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their dignity. inherent.

People with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments that, when interacting with various barriers, can prevent their full and effective participation in society, in level playing field with the others.

ARTICLE 2o. DEFINITIONS.

For the purposes of this Convention:

"Communication" will include languages, text visualization, Braille, touch communication, macrotypes, easy-to-access multimedia devices, as well as written language, hearing systems, simple language, digitised voice media and other means, and increased or alternative communication formats, including information technology and easy-to-access communications;

"Language" means both oral language and sign language and other forms of non-verbal communication;

"Discrimination on grounds of disability" means any distinction, exclusion or restriction on grounds of disability which has the purpose or effect of hindering or leaving the recognition, enjoyment or exercise without effect, in equal conditions, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms in the political, economic, social, cultural, civil or other fields. It includes all forms of discrimination, including the refusal of reasonable accommodation;

"reasonable accommodation" means any necessary and appropriate modifications and adaptations that do not impose a disproportionate or undue burden, where required in a particular case, in order to ensure that persons with disabilities are exercise, on an equal footing with others, of all human rights and fundamental freedoms;

By "universal design" means the design of products, environments, programs and services that all people can use, to the greatest extent possible, without the need for adaptation or specialized design. 'Universal design' shall not exclude technical support for particular groups of persons with disabilities, where they are needed.

ARTICLE 3o. GENERAL PRINCIPLES.

The principles of this Convention shall be:

(a) Respect for inherent dignity, individual autonomy, including the freedom to make decisions themselves, and the independence of individuals;

b) Non-discrimination;

c) Full and effective participation and inclusion in society;

d) Respect for the difference and acceptance of persons with disabilities as part of human diversity and condition;

e) Equal opportunities;

f) Accessibility;

g) Equality between man and woman;

h) Respect for the evolution of the faculties of children with disabilities and their right to preserve their identity.

ARTICLE 4o. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS.

1. The States Parties undertake to ensure and promote the full exercise of all human rights and fundamental freedoms of persons with disabilities without discrimination on the grounds of disability. To this end, the States Parties undertake to:

(a) Adopt all legislative, administrative and other measures that are relevant to the effective enforcement of the rights recognized in this Convention;

b) Take all relevant measures, including legislative measures, to amend or repeal existing laws, regulations, customs and practices that constitute discrimination against persons with disabilities;

c) Take into account, in all policies and all programs, the protection and promotion of the human rights of persons with disabilities;

(d) Refrain from acts or practices that are incompatible with this Convention and ensure that public authorities and institutions act in accordance with the provisions of this Convention;

e) Take all relevant measures so that no person, organization or private company discriminates for reasons of disability;

f) To undertake or promote the research and development of universal design goods, services, equipment and facilities, in accordance with the definition of Article 2or of this Convention, which require the least adaptation and the lowest cost to meet the specific needs of people with disabilities, to promote their availability and use, and to promote universal design in the development of standards and guidelines;

g) To undertake or promote research and development, and to promote the availability and use of new technologies, including information and communications technologies, mobility aids, technical devices and technologies adequate support for people with disabilities, giving priority to affordable prices;

h) Provide information that is accessible to people with disabilities on mobility aids, technical devices and support technologies, including new technologies, as well as other forms of assistance and services and facilities support;

i) Promote the training of professionals and staff working with persons with disabilities in respect of the rights recognized in this Convention, in order to provide better assistance and services guaranteed by these rights.

2. With regard to economic, social and cultural rights, the States Parties undertake to take measures up to the maximum of their available resources and, where necessary, in the framework of international cooperation, to achieve progressive, the full exercise of these rights, without prejudice to the obligations provided for in this Convention which are immediately applicable under international law.

3. In the elaboration and implementation of legislation and policies to make this Convention effective, and in other decision-making processes on issues related to persons with disabilities, the States Parties shall hold consultations. They will actively collaborate with people with disabilities, including children with disabilities, through the organizations that represent them.

4. Nothing in this Convention shall affect provisions which may facilitate, to a greater extent, the exercise of the rights of persons with disabilities and which may be included in the legislation of a State Party or in the law International law on the protection of the environment.

Any human rights and fundamental freedoms recognized or existing in the States Parties to this Convention shall not be restricted or repealed in accordance with the law, conventions and conventions, regulations or regulations. It is customary on the pretext that these rights or freedoms are not recognised in this Convention or are recognised to a lesser extent.

5. The provisions of this Convention shall apply to all parts of the Federal States without limitations or exceptions.

ARTICLE 5o. EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION.

1. States Parties recognize that all persons are equal before and under the law, and that they are entitled to equal legal protection and to benefit from the law in equal measure without discrimination.

2. States Parties shall prohibit any discrimination on the grounds of disability and shall ensure that all persons with disabilities equal and effective legal protection against discrimination for any reason.

3. In order to promote equality and eliminate discrimination, the States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that reasonable adjustments are made.

4. Specific measures that are necessary to accelerate or achieve the equality of persons with disabilities shall not be considered to be discriminatory under this Convention.

ARTICLE 6o. WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES.

1. The States Parties recognise that women and girls with disabilities are subject to multiple forms of discrimination and, in that respect, shall take measures to ensure that they are able to enjoy fully and in equal conditions of all rights. Human rights and fundamental freedoms.

2. The States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to ensure the full development, advancement and empowerment of women in order to ensure the exercise and enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms established in the the present Convention.

ARTICLE 7o. CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES.

1. The States Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure that all children with disabilities are fully entitled to all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal footing with other children.

2. In all activities related to children with disabilities, a primary consideration will be the protection of the best interests of the child.

3. The States Parties shall ensure that children with disabilities have the right to express their views freely on all matters affecting them, which they shall receive due consideration in the light of their age and maturity, in equal conditions with other boys and girls, and to receive appropriate assistance according to their disability and age in order to exercise that right.

ARTICLE 8o. AWARENESS.

1. States Parties undertake to take immediate, effective and appropriate measures to:

a) Raising awareness of society, including at the family level, so that it can become more aware of people with disabilities and promote respect for the rights and dignity of these people;

b) Fighting stereotypes, prejudice and harmful practices with respect to persons with disabilities, including those based on gender or age, in all areas of life;

c) Promote awareness of the capacities and contributions of people with disabilities.

2. Measures to this end include:

a) Putting in place and maintaining effective public awareness campaigns aimed at:

i) Foster responsive attitudes towards the rights of people with disabilities;

ii) Promoting positive perceptions and greater social awareness regarding people with disabilities;

iii) Promote the recognition of the skills, merits and skills of people with disabilities and their contributions in relation to the workplace and the labour market;

b) Foster at all levels of the education system, including among all children from an early age, an attitude of respect for the rights of persons with disabilities;

c) Encourage all media bodies to disseminate an image of persons with disabilities that is compatible with the purpose of this Convention;

d) Promote awareness-raising programmes that take into account people with disabilities and the rights of these people.

ARTICLE 9o. ACCESSIBILITY.

1. In order to enable persons with disabilities to live independently and to participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure the access of persons with disabilities, in equal conditions with others, the physical environment, transport, information and communications, including information and communications systems and technologies, and other services and facilities open to the public or for use public, both in urban and rural areas. These measures, which shall include the identification and removal of obstacles and barriers to access, shall apply, inter alia, to:

(a) Buildings, public roads, transport and other external and internal facilities such as schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces;

b) Information, communications and other services, including electronic and emergency services.

2. The States Parties shall also take appropriate measures to:

a) Develop, enact and monitor the application of minimum standards and guidelines on the accessibility of facilities and services open to the public or for public use;

b) Ensuring that private entities that provide public or public open facilities and services take into account all aspects of their accessibility for people with disabilities;

c) Offering training to all people involved in the accessibility issues faced by people with disabilities;

d) Defeat buildings and other facilities open to the public signaling in Braille and in formats of easy reading and understanding;

e) Offering forms of human or animal assistance and intermediaries, including guides, readers and professional sign language interpreters, to facilitate access to buildings and other facilities open to the public;

f) Promote other appropriate forms of assistance and support for people with disabilities to ensure their access to information;

g) Promoting access for people with disabilities to new information and communications systems and technologies, including the Internet;

(h) Promote the design, development, production and distribution of information and communications systems and technologies accessible at an early stage, so that these systems and technologies are accessible at the lowest cost.

ARTICLE 10. RIGHT TO LIFE.

States Parties reaffirm the inherent right to the life of all human beings and shall take all necessary measures to ensure the effective enjoyment of this right by persons with disabilities on an equal footing with others.

ARTICLE 11. HUMANITARIAN EMERGENCIES AND RISK SITUATIONS.

States Parties shall adopt, by virtue of their responsibilities under international law, and in particular international humanitarian law and international human rights law, all measures possible to ensure the security and protection of persons with disabilities in situations of risk, including situations of armed conflict, humanitarian emergencies and natural disasters.

ARTICLE 12. EQUAL RECOGNITION AS A PERSON BEFORE THE LAW.

1. The States Parties reaffirm that persons with disabilities are entitled everywhere to the recognition of their legal personality.

2. States Parties shall recognise that persons with disabilities have legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life.

3. Member States shall take appropriate measures to provide access to persons with disabilities to the support they may need in the exercise of their legal capacity.

4. The States Parties shall ensure that in all measures relating to the exercise of legal capacity adequate and effective safeguards are provided to prevent abuses in accordance with international human rights law. Those safeguards shall ensure that measures relating to the exercise of legal capacity respect the rights, the will and the preferences of the person, that there is no conflict of interest or undue influence, which are proportional and adapted to the circumstances of the person, which are applied as soon as possible and which are subject to periodic examinations, by an independent and impartial competent judicial authority or body. Safeguards shall be proportionate to the extent to which such measures affect the rights and interests of persons.

5. Without prejudice to the provisions of this Article, the States Parties shall take all appropriate and effective measures to ensure the right of persons with disabilities, on equal terms with others, to be the owner of a disability. and inherit goods, control their own economic affairs and have access on equal terms to bank loans, mortgages and other forms of financial credit, and ensure that persons with disabilities are not deprived of their assets in an arbitrary manner.

ARTICLE 13. ACCESS TO JUSTICE.

1. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities have access to justice on an equal footing with others, including through procedural and age-appropriate adjustments, in order to facilitate the performance of effective functions. of these persons as direct and indirect participants, including the declaration as witnesses, in all judicial proceedings, including the stage of investigation and other preliminary stages.

2. In order to ensure that persons with disabilities have effective access to justice, States Parties shall promote the appropriate training of those working in the administration of justice, including police and prison personnel.

ARTICLE 14. PERSON FREEDOM AND SECURITY.

1. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities, on equal terms with others:

a) Enjoy the right to freedom and security of the person;

(b) Do not be deprived of their liberty illegally or arbitrarily and that any deprivation of liberty is in accordance with the law, and that the existence of a disability does not in any case justify a deprivation of liberty.

2. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities who are deprived of their liberty by reason of a process have, on an equal basis with others, the right to guarantees in accordance with international rights of rights and to be treated in accordance with the objectives and principles of this Convention, including the making of reasonable adjustments.

ARTICLE 15. PROTECTING AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER DEALINGS OR CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADING PUNISHMENT.

1. No person shall be subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. In particular, no one will be subjected to medical or scientific experiments without their consent.

2. The States Parties shall take all measures of a legislative, administrative, judicial or other nature that are effective in preventing persons with disabilities, on equal terms with others, from being subjected to torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

ARTICLE 16. PROTECTION AGAINST EXPLOITATION, VIOLENCE, AND ABUSE.

1. The States Parties shall take all measures of a legislative, administrative, social, educational and other nature that are relevant for the protection of persons with disabilities, both within and outside the home, against all persons with disabilities. forms of exploitation, violence and abuse, including gender-related aspects.

2. States Parties shall also take all appropriate measures to prevent any form of exploitation, violence and abuse by ensuring, inter alia, that there are appropriate forms of assistance and support that take into account gender and age. for persons with disabilities and their families and carers, including providing information and education on how to prevent, recognise and report cases of exploitation, violence and abuse. States Parties shall ensure that protection services take into account age, gender and disability.

3. In order to prevent cases of exploitation, violence and abuse occurring, States Parties shall ensure that all services and programmes designed to serve disabled persons are effectively supervised by authorities. independent.

4. The States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote the physical, cognitive and psychological recovery, rehabilitation and social reintegration of persons with disabilities who are victims of any form of exploitation, violence or abuse, including through the provision of protective services. Such recovery and integration will take place in an environment that is conducive to the health, well-being, self-esteem, dignity and autonomy of the person and takes into account the specific needs of gender and age.

5. States Parties shall adopt effective legislation and policies, including legislation and policies focused on women and children, to ensure that cases of exploitation, violence and abuse against persons with disabilities are detected, investigated and, where appropriate, judged.

ARTICLE 17. PROTECTING PERSONAL INTEGRITY.

Everyone with disabilities has the right to have their physical and mental integrity respected on an equal footing with others.

ARTICLE 18. FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND NATIONALITY.

1. States Parties shall recognise the right of persons with disabilities to freedom of movement, freedom to choose their residence and nationality, on an equal footing with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities disability:

(a) Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and not to be deprived of their nationality in an arbitrary manner or for reasons of disability;

(b) Not be deprived, for reasons of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and use documentation relating to their nationality or other identification documentation, or to use relevant procedures, such as the procedure of immigration, which may be necessary to facilitate the exercise of the right to freedom of movement;

c) Be free to leave any country, including your own;

d) Do not be deprived, arbitrarily or for reasons of disability, of the right to enter your own country.

2. Children with disabilities shall be entered immediately after their birth and shall have from birth the right to a name, to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, to know their parents and to be cared for by them.

ARTICLE 19. RIGHT TO LIVE INDEPENDENTLY AND TO BE INCLUDED IN THE COMMUNITY.

States Parties to this Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with options equal to that of others, and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate the full enjoyment of this right by persons with disabilities and their full inclusion and participation in the community, ensuring in particular that:

(a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their place of residence and where and with whom to live, on an equal footing with others, and not be forced to live according to a specific life system;

b) Persons with disabilities have access to a variety of home, residential and other community support services, including personal assistance that is necessary to facilitate their existence and their inclusion in the community and to prevent its isolation or separation from it;

(c) Community facilities and services for the general population are available, on an equal basis, to persons with disabilities and take account of their needs.

ARTICLE 20. PERSONAL MOBILITY.

States Parties shall take effective measures to ensure that persons with disabilities enjoy personal mobility with the greatest possible independence, including:

a) Facilitate the personal mobility of persons with disabilities in the form and at the moment they wish at an affordable cost;

b) Facilitating access for people with disabilities to forms of human or animal assistance and intermediaries, support technologies, technical devices and quality mobility aids, even making them available at a cost affordable;

c) Offering people with disabilities and specialized staff to work with these people on mobility-related skills;

d) Encourage entities that manufacture mobility aids, devices and support technologies to take into account all aspects of the mobility of persons with disabilities.

ARTICLE 21. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AND OPINION AND ACCESS TO INFORMATION.

States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to exercise the right to freedom of expression and opinion, including the freedom to collect, receive and provide information and ideas on an equal basis. conditions with other conditions and by any form of communication they choose in accordance with the definition of Article 2 of this Convention, including:

(a) Facilitate people with disabilities with information addressed to the general public, in a timely and at no additional cost, in accessible format and with the appropriate technologies for different types of disability;

b) Accept and facilitate the use of sign language, Braille, modes, means, and alternative and increased formats of communication and all other accessible modes, means and formats of communication chosen by persons with disability in their official relations;

c) Encourage private entities to provide services to the general public, including through the Internet, to provide information and services in formats that people with disabilities can use and access to;

d) Encourage the media, including those who provide information via the Internet, to make their services accessible to people with disabilities;

e) Recognising and promoting the use of sign languages.

ARTICLE 22. RESPECT FOR PRIVACY.

1. No person with disabilities, regardless of their place of residence or their modality of coexistence, will be subjected to arbitrary or illegal interference in their private life, family, home, correspondence or any other type of communication, or of unlawful assaults against his honor and his reputation. Persons with disabilities shall have the right to be protected by law against such interference or aggression.

2. States Parties shall protect the privacy of personal and health information and the rehabilitation of persons with disabilities on an equal footing with others.

ARTICLE 23. RESPECT FOR HOME AND FAMILY.

1. States Parties shall take effective and appropriate measures to put an end to discrimination against persons with disabilities in all matters related to marriage, family, parenthood and personal relationships, and to ensure that persons with disabilities are on an equal footing with others in order to ensure that:

(a) Recognize the right of all persons with disabilities of marriage, to marry and to found a family on the basis of the free and full consent of future spouses;

(b) The right of persons with disabilities to freely and responsibly decide the number of children they wish to have and the length of time between one birth and another, and to have access to information, education on appropriate family planning and reproduction for their age, and the necessary means to enable them to exercise those rights;

c) Persons with disabilities, including children, maintain their fertility, on an equal footing with others.

2. States Parties shall ensure the rights and obligations of persons with disabilities in respect of custody, guardianship, guardianship, adoption of children or similar institutions, where such concepts are laid down in the legislation national; in all cases the maximum interest of the child shall be ensured. States Parties shall provide appropriate assistance to persons with disabilities for the performance of their responsibilities in child rearing.

3. States Parties shall ensure that children with disabilities have the same rights with respect to family life. In order to enforce these rights, and in order to prevent the concealment, neglect, neglect and segregation of children with disabilities, the States Parties shall ensure that information, services and services are provided in advance. General support for children with disabilities and their families.

4. States Parties shall ensure that children are not separated from their parents against their will, except where the competent authorities, subject to judicial review, determine in accordance with the law and procedures applicable, that such separation is necessary in the best interests of the child. In no case shall a minor be separated from his or her parents by reason of a disability of the child, both parents or one of them.

5. States Parties shall make every effort, when the immediate family is unable to care for a child with disabilities, to provide alternative care within the extended family and, if this is not possible, within the community in an environment. family.

ARTICLE 24. EDUCATION.

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to education. With a view to making this right effective without discrimination and on the basis of equal opportunities, the States Parties shall ensure an inclusive education system at all levels as well as education throughout life, with a view to:

a) To fully develop human potential and the sense of dignity and self-esteem and to strengthen respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and human diversity;

b) To maximize the personality, talents and creativity of people with disabilities, as well as their mental and physical abilities;

c) Making it possible for people with disabilities to participate effectively in a free society.

2. When making this right effective, the States Parties shall ensure that:

(a) Persons with disabilities are not excluded from the general system of education on the grounds of disability, and that children with disabilities are not excluded from free and compulsory primary education or from teaching Secondary to disability reasons;

(b) Persons with disabilities can access an inclusive, quality and free primary and secondary education on an equal footing with others in the community in which they live;

c) Make reasonable adjustments based on individual needs;

(d) The necessary support is provided to persons with disabilities, within the framework of the general education system, to facilitate their effective training;

e) To facilitate personalized and effective support measures in environments that maximize academic and social development, in accordance with the goal of full inclusion.

3. States Parties shall provide persons with disabilities with the possibility of learning life skills and social development, in order to promote their full participation and equal conditions in education and as members of the community. To this end, the States Parties shall take appropriate measures, including:

a) Facilitate the learning of Braille, alternative writing, other modes, media, and increased or alternative communication formats and orientation and mobility skills, as well as mentoring and peer support;

b) Facilitating the learning of sign language and the promotion of the linguistic identity of deaf people;

c) Ensuring that the education of people, and in particular blind, deaf or deaf children, is taught in the languages and the most appropriate modes and means of communication for each person and in environments that enable them to reach their maximum academic and social development.

4. In order to contribute to making this right effective, the States Parties shall take appropriate measures to employ teachers, including teachers with disabilities, who are qualified in the language of sign or Braille and to train professionals and staff working at all levels of education. That training will include awareness-raising on disability and the use of appropriate increased and alternative modes, means and formats of communication, and educational techniques and materials to support people with disabilities.

5. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities have general access to higher education, vocational training, adult education and lifelong learning without discrimination and on a level playing field. the other. To this end, the States Parties shall ensure that reasonable adjustments are made for persons with disabilities.

ARTICLE 25. HEALTH.

States Parties recognize that persons with disabilities have the right to enjoy the highest possible level of health without discrimination on the grounds of disability. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to ensure the access of persons with disabilities to health services that take into account gender issues, including health-related rehabilitation. In particular, the States Parties shall:

a) They will provide disabled people with free health programs and care or at affordable prices of the same variety and quality as other people, including in the area of sexual and reproductive health, and health programs. public targeting the population;

(b) Provide the health services needed by persons with disabilities specifically as a result of their disability, including early detection and intervention, where appropriate, and services to prevent and reduce disability. maximum the emergence of new disabilities, including children and older people;

c) Provide these services as close as possible to the communities of people with disabilities, including in rural areas;

d) They will require health professionals to provide people with disabilities with care of the same quality as other people on the basis of free and informed consent, among other ways by raising awareness of human rights, dignity, autonomy and the needs of people with disabilities through training and the enactment of ethical standards for health care in the public and private spheres;

e) They shall prohibit discrimination against persons with disabilities in the provision of health and life insurance where they are permitted under national law, and shall ensure that such insurance is provided in a fair and reasonable manner;

(f) They shall be prevented from refusing, in a discriminatory manner, health or health care services or solid or liquid food for reasons of disability.

ARTICLE 26. ENABLEMENT AND REHABILITATION.

1. States Parties shall take effective and appropriate measures, including through the support of persons who are in the same circumstances, so that persons with disabilities can achieve and maintain maximum independence, physical capacity, mental, social and vocational, and inclusion and full participation in all aspects of life. To this end, the States Parties shall organise, intensify and expand general enabling and rehabilitation services and programmes, in particular in the fields of health, employment, education and social services, in such a way as to services and programs:

a) Start at the earliest possible stage and rely on a multidisciplinary assessment of the person's needs and capabilities;

b) Support participation and inclusion in the community and in all aspects of society, be voluntary and available to people with disabilities as close as possible to their own community, including in rural areas.

2. States Parties shall promote the development of initial and continuing training for professionals and staff working in the enabling and rehabilitation services.

3. States Parties shall promote the availability, knowledge and use of support technologies and devices for persons with disabilities, for the purpose of enabling and rehabilitating.

ARTICLE 27. JOB AND EMPLOYMENT.

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to work, on equal terms with others; this includes the right to have the opportunity to earn a living through a work freely chosen or accepted in a the market and a working environment that are open, inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities. States Parties shall safeguard and promote the exercise of the right to work, including for persons who acquire a disability during employment, by taking appropriate measures, including the enactment of legislation, including:

(a) Prohibit discrimination on grounds of disability in respect of all matters relating to any form of employment, including conditions of selection, recruitment and employment, continuity of employment, professional promotion and safe and healthy working conditions;

b) Protecting the rights of persons with disabilities, on an equal footing with others, to fair and favourable working conditions, and in particular equal opportunities and equal pay for work of equal value, subject to conditions safe and healthy work, including protection against harassment, and redress for grievances suffered;

c) Ensure that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their labour and trade union rights, on equal terms with others;

(d) Allow persons with disabilities to have effective access to general technical and vocational guidance, placement services, and continuing vocational training;

e) Encourage employment opportunities and the professional promotion of people with disabilities in the labour market, and support them for the search, procurement, maintenance of employment and return to work;

f) Promoting business opportunities, self-employment, cooperative and start-of-own-business opportunities;

g) Employing people with disabilities in the public sector;

h) Promote the employment of people with disabilities in the private sector through relevant policies and measures, which may include affirmative action programmes, incentives and other measures;

i) Ensuring that reasonable accommodation is made for people with disabilities in the workplace;

j) Promote the acquisition by people with disabilities of work experience in the open labour market;

k) Promote vocational and vocational rehabilitation programs, job retention and return to work for people with disabilities.

2. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are not subjected to slavery or servitude and that they are protected, on equal terms with others, against forced or compulsory labour.

ARTICLE 28. APPROPRIATE STANDARD OF LIVING AND SOCIAL PROTECTION.

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to a level of life appropriate for them and their families, which includes adequate food, clothing and housing, and the continuous improvement of their living conditions, and shall adopt the appropriate measures to safeguard and promote the exercise of this right without discrimination on the grounds of disability.

2. States Parties recognise the right of persons with disabilities to social protection and to enjoy that right without discrimination on the grounds of disability, and shall take appropriate measures to protect and promote the exercise of that right. right, including:

(a) Ensure the equal access of persons with disabilities to drinking water services and their access to adequate services, devices and other assistance at affordable prices to meet the related needs with your disability;

b) Ensuring access for people with disabilities, in particular women and girls and older people with disabilities, to social protection programs and poverty reduction strategies;

c) Ensuring access for persons with disabilities and their families living in poverty situations to assistance from the State to cover expenses related to their disability, including training, counseling, financial assistance, and appropriate temporary care services;

d) Ensuring access for people with disabilities to public housing programs;

e) Ensuring equal access for people with disabilities to programs and retirement benefits.

ARTICLE 29. PARTICIPATION IN POLITICAL AND PUBLIC LIFE.

States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are entitled to political rights and the ability to enjoy them on an equal footing with others and shall commit themselves to:

(a) Ensure that persons with disabilities are able to participate fully and effectively in political and public life on an equal footing with others, directly or through freely elected representatives, including the right and possibility of persons with disabilities to vote and be elected, among other ways by:

i) The assurance that the procedures, facilities and electoral materials are adequate, accessible and easy to understand and to use;

(ii) The protection of the right of persons with disabilities to cast their vote in secret in public elections and referendum without intimidation, and to present themselves effectively as candidates in elections, to exercise positions and to carry out any public function at all levels of government, facilitating the use of new technologies and support technologies where appropriate;

iii) The guarantee of the free expression of the will of persons with disabilities as voters and to this end, when necessary and at their request, to allow a person of their choice to provide them with assistance to vote;

b) actively promoting an environment in which people with disabilities can participate fully and effectively in the direction of public affairs, without discrimination and on an equal footing with others, and encourage their participation in public affairs and, among other things:

i) Participation in non-governmental organizations and associations related to the public and political life of the country, including the activities and administration of political parties;

ii) The establishment of organizations of persons with disabilities representing these persons at international, national, regional and local levels, and their incorporation into these organizations.

ARTICLE 30. PARTICIPATION IN CULTURAL LIFE, ACTIVITIES RECREATION, RECREATION AND SPORT.

1. States Parties recognise the right of persons with disabilities to participate, on equal terms with others, in cultural life and shall take all appropriate measures to ensure that persons with disabilities:

a) Have access to cultural material in accessible formats;

b) Have access to television programs, movies, theater, and other cultural activities in accessible formats;

c) Have access to places where cultural representations or services such as theatres, museums, cinemas, libraries and tourist services are offered and, as far as possible, have access to monuments and places of cultural importance national.

2. States Parties shall take appropriate measures to enable persons with disabilities to develop and use their creative, artistic and intellectual potential, not only for their own benefit but also for the enrichment of society.

3. The States Parties shall take all appropriate measures, in accordance with international law, to ensure that laws protecting intellectual property rights do not constitute an excessive or discriminatory barrier to intellectual property rights. access of persons with disabilities to cultural materials.

4. Persons with disabilities shall have the right, on an equal basis with others, to the recognition and support of their specific cultural and linguistic identity, including the sign language and the culture of the deaf.

5. In order to enable persons with disabilities to participate on an equal footing with others in recreational, recreational and sporting activities, the States Parties shall take appropriate measures to:

(a) Encourage and promote participation, to the greatest extent possible, of persons with disabilities in general sporting activities at all levels;

b) Ensure that persons with disabilities have the opportunity to organise and develop specific sporting and recreational activities for such persons and to participate in such activities and, to that end, to encourage them to be offered, in level playing field with other appropriate training, training and resources;

c) Ensuring that people with disabilities have access to sports, recreation and tourism facilities;

(d) Ensure that children with disabilities have equal access to other children and children to participation in recreational, recreational, recreational and sporting activities, including those within the school system;

e) Ensuring that people with disabilities have access to the services of those who participate in the organization of recreational, recreational, and sports activities.

ARTICLE 31. COLLECTING DATA AND STATISTICS.

1. The States Parties shall compile appropriate information, including statistical and research data, enabling them to formulate and implement policies in order to give effect to this Convention. In the process of collecting and maintaining this information, it should be:

(a) Respect established legal safeguards, including data protection legislation, in order to ensure confidentiality and respect for the privacy of persons with disabilities;

b) Meet internationally accepted standards to protect human rights and fundamental freedoms, as well as ethical principles in the collection and use of statistics.

2. The information collected in accordance with this Article shall be broken down, as appropriate, and shall be used as an aid to assess compliance by States Parties with their obligations under this Convention, as well as to identify and remove the barriers faced by persons with disabilities in the exercise of their rights.

3. States Parties shall be responsible for disseminating these statistics and ensuring that they are accessible to persons with disabilities and other persons.

ARTICLE 32. INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION.

1. The States Parties recognize the importance of international cooperation and its promotion, in support of national efforts to make the purpose and objectives of this Convention effective, and shall take appropriate and effective measures to in this respect, between States and, where appropriate, in partnership with relevant international and regional organisations and civil society, in particular organisations of persons with disabilities. These measures would include:

a) Ensure that international cooperation, including international development programmes, is inclusive and accessible to people with disabilities;

b) Facilitate and support capacity building, including through the exchange and distribution of information, experiences, training programmes and best practices;

c) Facilitating cooperation in research and access to scientific and technical knowledge;

d) Provide, as appropriate, appropriate, technical and economic assistance, including facilitating access to accessible and assistance technologies and sharing those technologies, and through their transfer.

2. The provisions of this Article shall apply without prejudice to the obligations incumbent upon each State Party under this Convention.

ARTICLE 33. NATIONAL APPLICATION AND MONITORING.

1. The States Parties shall, in accordance with their organisational arrangements, designate one or more governmental bodies responsible for matters relating to the implementation of this Convention and shall consider carefully the possibility of establishing or appoint a coordination mechanism to facilitate the adoption of measures in this field in different sectors and at different levels.

2. States Parties shall, in accordance with their legal and administrative systems, maintain, strengthen, designate or establish, at national level, a framework, consisting of one or more independent mechanisms, to promote, protect and monitor the implementation of this Convention. When designating or establishing such mechanisms, the States Parties shall take into account the principles relating to the legal status and the functioning of the national institutions for the protection and promotion of human rights.

3. Civil society, and in particular people with disabilities and the organisations representing them, will be integrated and fully participate in all levels of the monitoring process.

ARTICLE 34. COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITY.

1. A Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (hereinafter referred to as 'the Committee') shall be set up to carry out the tasks set out below.

2. The Committee shall, at the time of the entry into force of this Convention, consist of 12 experts. When the Convention obtains another 60 ratifications or accessions, the composition of the Committee will be increased by six more members, with a maximum of 18 members.

3. The members of the Committee shall perform their duties in a personal capacity and shall be persons of great moral integrity and recognised competence and experience in the matters covered by this Convention. States Parties are invited to take due account of the provisions set out in paragraph 3 of Article 4or of this Convention when they appoint their candidates.

4. The members of the Committee shall be elected by the States Parties, which shall take into account an equitable geographical distribution, the representation of the different forms of civilization and the main legal systems, a representation gender balance and the participation of experts with disabilities.

5. The members of the Committee shall be chosen by secret ballot from a list of persons designated by the States Parties from among their nationals in meetings of the Conference of the States Parties. At these meetings, in which two-thirds of the States Parties shall constitute a quorum, the persons elected to the Committee shall be those who obtain the largest number of votes and an absolute majority of votes of the representatives of the States Parties. and voters.

6. The initial election shall be held before the end of six months from the date of entry into force of this Convention. At least four months before the date of each election, the Secretary-General of the United Nations shall send a letter to the States Parties inviting them to submit their candidates within two months. The Secretary-General shall then prepare a list containing, in alphabetical order, all the persons so proposed, indicating the States Parties which have proposed them, and shall communicate it to the States Parties to this Convention.

7. The members of the Committee shall be elected for a period of four years. They may be re-elected if their candidature is resubmitted. However, the mandate of six of the elected members in the first election will expire after two years; immediately after the first election, the names of those six members will be brought to luck by the president of the meeting. referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article.

8. The choice of the other six members of the Committee shall be made on the occasion of the ordinary elections, in accordance with the relevant provisions of this Article.

9. If a member of the Committee dies, resigns or declares that, for some other reason, he cannot continue to perform his duties, the State Party which proposed it shall appoint another expert who possesses the qualifications and meets the requirements laid down in the relevant provisions of this Article to fill the post for the remainder of the term of office.

10. The Committee shall adopt its own rules of procedure.

11. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall provide the personnel and facilities necessary for the effective performance of the functions of the Committee in accordance with this Convention and shall convene its initial meeting.

12. With the approval of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the members of the Committee established under this Convention shall receive emoluments from the resources of the United Nations under the terms and conditions of the Assembly. The Committee decided, taking into account the importance of the Committee's responsibilities.

13. The members of the Committee shall be entitled to the facilities, prerogatives and immunities granted to experts carrying out missions for the United Nations, in accordance with the relevant sections of the Convention on Prerogatives and Immunities of the United Nations.

ARTICLE 35. REPORTS SUBMITTED BY THE STATES PARTIES.

1. The States Parties shall submit to the Committee, through the Secretary-General of the United Nations, a comprehensive report on the measures they have taken to fulfil their obligations under this Convention and on progress made available in this respect within two years of the entry into force of this Convention in the State Party concerned.

2. Thereafter, the States Parties shall submit subsequent reports at least every four years and on the other occasions when the Committee so requests.

3. The Committee shall decide on the guidelines applicable to the content of the reports.

4. The State Party which has submitted an in-depth initial report to the Committee shall not have to repeat, in its subsequent reports, the information previously provided. States Parties are invited to, when preparing reports for the Committee, do so through an open and transparent procedure and take due account of the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 4or of the Present Convention.

5. The reports may indicate factors and difficulties affecting the degree of compliance with the obligations under this Convention.

ARTICLE 36. CONSIDERATION OF REPORTS.

1. The Committee shall consider all reports, make suggestions and recommendations which it considers appropriate with regard to them and shall forward them to the State Party concerned. The Committee may reply by sending any information to the Committee. The Committee may ask the States Parties for further information with regard to the implementation of this Convention.

2. Where a State Party has been significantly delayed in the submission of a report, the Committee may notify it of the need to examine the application of this Convention in that State Party, on the basis of reliable information make available to the Committee, where the relevant report is not presented within three months of the notification. The Committee shall invite the State Party concerned to take part in such examination. If the State Party responds by submitting the relevant report, the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply.

3. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall make the reports available to all States Parties.

4. States Parties shall give broad public dissemination to their reports in their own countries and provide access to general suggestions and recommendations on these reports.

5. The Committee shall, as it deems appropriate, transmit to the specialized agencies, funds and programmes of the United Nations, as well as to other competent bodies, the reports of the States Parties, in order to provide for an application or an indication the need for technical advice or assistance on them, together with the Committee's comments and recommendations, if any, on those requests or indications.

ARTICLE 37. COOPERATION BETWEEN THE STATES PARTIES AND THE COMMITTEE.

1. The States Parties shall cooperate with the Committee and assist its members in fulfilling their mandate.

2. In its relations with the States Parties, the Committee shall take due account of means and means of improving the national capacity to implement this Convention, including through international cooperation.

ARTICLE 38. RELATIONSHIP TO THE COMMITTEE WITH OTHER ORGANOS.

In order to promote the effective implementation of this Convention and to stimulate international cooperation in the field covered by:

(a) The specialized agencies and other organs of the United Nations shall be entitled to be represented in the examination of the application of the provisions of this Convention which fall within their mandate. The Committee may also invite the specialised bodies and other competent bodies which it considers appropriate to provide specialised advice on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within their respective scope. mandates. The Committee may invite the specialised agencies and other bodies of the United Nations to submit reports on the implementation of the Convention in areas falling within its scope of activities;

(b) In exercising its mandate, the Committee shall consult, as appropriate, with other relevant bodies established under international human rights treaties, with a view to ensuring the consistency of their respective guidelines for the submission of general reports, suggestions and recommendations, and to avoid duplication and overlapping of tasks in the exercise of their duties.

ARTICLE 39. COMMITTEE REPORT.

The Committee shall report every two years to the General Assembly and the Economic and Social Council on its activities and may make suggestions and recommendations of a general nature based on the examination of reports and data received from the States Parties. at the Convention. Those suggestions and recommendations of a general nature shall be included in the Committee's report, together with the comments, if any, of the States Parties.

ARTICLE 40. CONFERENCE OF STATES PARTIES

1. The States Parties shall meet regularly at a Conference of the States Parties in order to consider any matter relating to the implementation of this Convention.

2. The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall convene the Conference of the States Parties within a period not exceeding six months from the entry into force of this Convention. Subsequent meetings, on a biennial basis or at the discretion of the Conference of the States Parties, shall be convened by the Secretary-General.

ARTICLE 41. DEPOSITARY.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary of this Convention.

ARTICLE 42. FIRMA.

This Convention shall be open for signature by all States and regional integration organizations at the United Nations Headquarters in New York from 30 March 2007.

ARTICLE 43. CONSENT TO BE BOUND.

This Convention shall be subject to the ratification of the Signatory States and to the official confirmation of the regional integration organizations. It shall be open to the accession of any State or regional integration organisation which has not signed it.

ARTICLE 44. REGIONAL INTEGRATION ORGANIZATIONS.

1. 'Regional integration organisation' means an organisation established by sovereign States of a given region to which its Member States have transferred competence in respect of matters governed by this Convention. Those organisations shall declare, in their instruments of official confirmation or accession, their degree of competence with regard to matters governed by this Convention. They shall subsequently inform the depositary of any substantial modification of their degree of competence.

2. References to 'States Parties' under this Convention shall apply to those organisations within the limits of their competence.

3. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of Article 45 and paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 47 of this Convention, no deposited instruments shall be taken into account. by a regional integration organisation.

4. Regional integration organisations, in matters of their competence, shall exercise their right to vote at the Conference of the States Parties, with a number of votes equal to the number of their Member States which are Parties to this Convention. Such organisations shall not exercise their right to vote if their Member States exercise their right, and vice versa.

ARTICLE 45. ENTRY INTO EFFECT.

1. This Convention shall enter into force on the 30th day from the date on which the 20th instrument of ratification or accession has been deposited.

2. For each Member State and regional integration organisation ratifying the Convention, acceding to it or officially confirming it once the 20th instrument has been deposited for its purposes, the Convention shall enter into force on the 30th day of from the date on which his or her own instrument has been deposited.

ARTICLE 46. RESERVATIONS.

1. Reservations incompatible with the purpose and purpose of this Convention shall not be permitted.

2. Reservations may be withdrawn at any time.

ARTICLE 47. AMENDMENTS.

1. The States Parties may propose amendments to this Convention and submit them to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The Secretary-General shall communicate the proposed amendments to the States Parties, asking them to notify him if they wish a conference of States Parties to be convened in order to examine the proposal and put it to the vote. If, within four months of the date of such notification, at least one third of the States Parties declare in favour of such a call, the Secretary-General shall convene a conference under the auspices of the United Nations. Any amendment adopted by a two-thirds majority of the States Parties present and voting at the conference shall be submitted by the Secretary-General to the General Assembly for approval and subsequently to the States Parties for acceptance.

2. Any amendment adopted and approved in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall enter into force on the thirtieth day from the date on which the number of instruments of acceptance deposited reaches two-thirds of the number of States Parties which were on the date of adoption of the amendment. Subsequently, the amendment shall enter into force for any State Party on the 30th day from the date on which it deposited its own instrument of acceptance. The amendments shall be binding exclusively for the States Parties which have accepted them.

3. If the Conference of the States Parties by consensus so decides, the amendments adopted and approved in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall relate exclusively to the articles 34, 38, 39 , and 40 will take effect for all States Parties on the 30th day from the time the number of instruments of acceptance deposited reaches two-thirds of the number of States Parties to the date of adoption of the amendment.

ARTICLE 48. COMPLAINT.

States Parties may denounce this Convention by written notification to the Secretary-General of the United Nations. The complaint shall take effect one year after the Secretary-General has received the notification.

ARTICLE 49. ACCESSIBLE FORMAT.

The text of this Convention will be disseminated in accessible formats.

ARTICLE 50. AUTHENTIC TEXTS.

The Arabic, Chinese, Spanish, French, English, and Russian texts of this Convention shall be equally authentic.

In testimony to which, the undersigned plenipotentiaries, duly authorized by their respective governments, sign this Convention.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF PUBLIC POWER

PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC

Bogotá, D. C., May 6, 2008

Authorized. Submit to the consideration of the honorable Congress of the Republic for the Constitutional effects

(Fdo.) ALVARO URIBE VELEZ

The Foreign Minister

(Fdo.) Fernando Araujo Perdomo.

DECRETA:

Article 1o. Approve the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006.

Article 2o. In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Law 7a of 1944, the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, which by article 1or this law is approved, will force the country from the date on which the international link with respect to it is perfected.

Article 3o. This law governs from the date of its publication.

Dada en Bogotá, D. C., a ...

Presented to the honorable Congress of the Republic by the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Finance and Public Credit and the Minister of Social Protection.

The Foreign Minister,

Jaime Bermudez Merizalde.

The Minister of Finance and Public Credit,

Oscar Ivan Zuluaga.

The Minister of Social Protection,

Diego Palacio Betancourt.

EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF PUBLIC POWER

PRESIDENCY OF THE REPUBLIC

Bogotá, D. C., May 6, 2008

Authorized. Submit to the consideration of the honorable Congress of the Republic for the Constitutional effects

(Fdo.) ALVARO URIBE VELEZ

The Foreign Minister

(Fdo.) Fernando Araujo Perdomo.

DECRETA:

Article 1o. Approve the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006.

Article 2o. In accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of Law 7a of 1944, the "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities", adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on December 13, 2006, which by article 1or this law is approved to force the country from the date on which the international link with respect to it is perfected.

Article 3o. This law governs from the date of its publication.

The President of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

HERNAN FRANCISCO ANDRADE SERRANO.

The Secretary General of the honorable Senate of the Republic,

EMILIO OTERO DAJUD.

The President of the honorable House of Representatives,

GERMAN MALE COTRINO.

The Secretary General of the honorable House of Representatives,

JESUS ALFONSO RODRIGUEZ CAMARGO.

COLOMBIA-NATIONAL GOVERNMENT

Communicate and comply.

Execute, upon revision of the Constitutional Court, in accordance with Article 241-10 of the Political Constitution.

Dada en Bogotá, D. C., at 31 July 2009.

ALVARO URIBE VELEZ

The Foreign Minister,

JAIME BERMUDEZ MERIZALDE.

The Minister of Social Protection,

DIEGO PALACIO BETANCOURT.