Arxiv
ELMİ İŞ - 2025
Lala Ahad Mammadova
Baku State University
master
lala.bagirova@yandex.ru
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS FOR THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS
WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
WITH DISABILITIES IN THE CONTEXT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
Summary
People with disabilities are the most vulnerable and most disadvantaged group in the world. It is estimated that more than a billion people, or about 15% of the world's population, live with some form of disability. More than 250 million older people have moderate or severe disabilities.
Disability in the modern world has manifested itself as one of the global problems affecting the interests of almost all spheres of activity, but despite the existing national, regional and international legal norms, as well as the activities of international organizations and the efforts of non-governmental organizations around the world, belonging to people with disabilities human rights are still not adequately respected.This article discusses such important aspects, as discrimination faced by people with disabilities, formation of international legal protection of the rights of persons with disabilities and implementation of international documents in national law by states.
Key words: disability, human rights, discrimination, social equality, legal protection
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