#rights of persons with disabilities

Collection of rights of persons with disabilities news, found 56 news.

News focus - Campaigning for disability-friendly strategies during APG By Otniel Tamindael

Each year, the number of people with disabilities in Indonesia continues to increase, and currently, it is estimated ...

Asian Para Games to reflect Indonesian hospitality

One of the objectives of organizing the Asian Para Games in Jakarta on October 6-13, 2018, is to demonstrate ...

Utami elected as member of UN Committee on Disability Rights

Risnawati Utami, an Indonesian candidate, has won a seat as member of the UN`s Committee on the Rights of Persons with ...

Disabled Indonesian delegates attend UN meeting

A total of 18 people with hearing disabilities are in the Indonesian delegation attending the UN meeting on the Rights ...

Asian Ministers Seek Disaster Risk Reduction Inclusive of People with Disabilities

-In a series of side events to the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction held in Bangkok, ...

Visually impaired demand rights to vote by secret ballot

Within the next 15 days, Indonesian people will cast their votes in the legislative elections, but those with visual ...

The disabled are nothing abnormal in society

People with disabilities are normal part of human diversity that should get equal treatment from the society, a ...

China adopts mental health law to curb forced treatment

China adopted a law on Friday to protect for the first time the rights of the mentally ill after years of accusations ...

RI First Lady sees off disabled people relaxed walks

First Lady Ani Yudhoyono saw off around 1,000 disabled people who participated in the relaxed walks here on Sunday in ...

RI seriously concerned about disabled persons` welfare

Social Affairs Minister Salim Segaf Al Jufri said the fact that Indonesia has ratified the UN Convention on the ...

RI govt, house planning to ratify convention on disabled`s rights

The government and the House of Representatives` Commission VIII on Wednesday discussed a plan to ratify the ...