What legislation added persons with disabilities as a protected class
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Show Disability laws and acts are instruments through which countries abolish discrimination against persons with disabilities and eliminate barriers towards the full enjoyment of their rights and their inclusion in society. These laws and acts contribute to progress towards the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities (CRPD) in national legislation. Such legislation contributes also towards the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the pledge of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind. Country/AreaLaws/ActsLanguageAfghanistanLaw on Disability Rights and PrivilegesArabicAlbaniaLaw No. 8626 of 22 June 2000 on the Status of Paraplegic and TetraplegicAlbanianLaw No. 44/2012 on mental HealthAlbanianAlgeriaAct on the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities, adopted on 8 May 2002, Official Gazette No. 34/2002FrenchAndorraLaw guaranteeing the rights of persons with disabilitiesCatalanAngolaLaw 21/12, of 30 July 2012, Law on Persons with DisabilitiesPortugueseAntigua and BarbudaDisabilities And Equal Opportunities Bill, 2017EnglishArgentinaLaw No. 22431 Comprehensive protection system for the disabled (1981)SpanishLaw No. 24314 on accesibility for persons with limited mobilitySpanishLaw No. 24204 on public telephony for the hard of eharingSpanishArmeniaLaw of the Republic of Armenia “On social protection of persons with disabilities in the Republic of Armenia” adopted in 1993EnglishAustraliaThe Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (DDA) EnglishAustriaFederal Disability Equality Act (BGBl. I No. 82/2005)GermanAzerbaijanLaw on prevention of disabilities and impaired health of children and rehabilitation and social protection of the disabled and children with impaired healthBahamasPersons with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities) Act, 2014EnglishBahrainLaw No. 74 of 2006 regulating the care and employment of persons with disabilities ArabicBangladeshDisability Welfare Act (2001)EnglishRights and Protection of Persons with Disabilities Act 2013.BanglaBelarusLaw of the Republic of Belarus of November 11, 1991, No. 1224-XII “On Social Protection of Disabled Persons of the Republic of Belarus”RussianBelgiumReform Act on disability and introducing a new protected status in accordance with human dignityFrenchThe Act of 27 February 1987 on disability allowancesBolivia (Plurinational State of)General Law for Persons with Disabilities (2012)SpanishBosnia and HerzegovinaLaws on pension and disability insuranceSerbianBrazilLaw No. 13,146 on Inclusion of People with Disabiltiies (Person with Disabilities Statute) (2015)PortugueseBrunei DarussalamOld Age and Disability Pensions Law 1955/Revised Version 1984EnglishBulgariaLaw on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities of 01 January 2005EnglishBurkina FasoLaw No. 012-2010/AN of 1 April, 2010 on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilitiesFrenchCambodiaLaw on the Protection and the Promotion of the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesEnglish (unofficial translation)CameroonLaw No 2010/002 of 13 April 2010 on the protection and promotion of persons with disabilitiesFrenchDecree No. 2018/6233 fixing the procedures for the application of Law N° 2010/002 of 13 April 2010 on the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities EnglishCanadaServices and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008EnglishChadLaw No. 007/PR/2007 Bearing Protection for Disabled PersonsFrenchChileLaw 20,422 establishing rules on equal opportunities and social inclusion of persons with disabilities (2010)SpanishChinaThe Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Disabled Persons (2008)EnglishChina (Hong Kong)Disability Discrimination Ordinance (Cap. 487) (DDO) EnglishChina (Macau)Law 9/83/M of 3 October on the suppression of architectural barriersPortugueseColombiaEnacting Law 1618, through which the provisions are established to ensure the full exercise of the rights of persons with disabilties (2013)SpanishCook IslandsDisability Act of 2008 EnglishCosta RicaAct 7600 on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1996). SpanishLaw No. 9379 on the Promotion of Personal Autonomy of Persons with Disabilities (2016)SpanishCroatiaLaw on the Croatian Registry of Persons with Disability (2001)CroatianLaw on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (2002)EnglishDemocratic People’s Republic of KoreaLaw on the Protection of Persons with DisabilitiesDominican RepublicLaw No. 5-13 of 5 January 2013 on Organic Equal Rights of Persons with Disabilities SpanishEcuadorOrganic Law on Disabilities (2012)SpanishEl SalvadorLaw of Equality of Opportunities for Persons with DisabilitiesSpanishEthiopiaProclamation of the Rights to Employment for Persons with Disabilities No. 568/2008EnglishFijiFiji National Council for disabled Persons Act 1994EnglishAct No. 4 of 2018 – Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2018EnglishFinlandDisability Services Act 380/1987FinnishAct on Intellectual Disabilities 519/1977FinnishFranceLaw No. 2005-102 of 11 February 2005 on equal rights, opportunities, participation and citizenship to individuals with disabilitiesFrenchGabonAct No. 19/95 of 13 February 1996 on Social Protection for Persons with DisabilitiesFrenchGeorgiaLaw of Georgia of 16 October 1997 №959 on Social Protection of Persons with Disabilities GeorgianGermanyBook IX of the Social Code ‘Integration and Rehabilitation of Disabled People (SGB IX, 2001)GermanEquality for Persons with Disabilities Act (BGG)GermanGeneral Act on Equal Treatment Act (AGG)EnglishGhanaPersons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715)EnglishGuatemalaDecree No. 135-96 on the law on the care for persons with disabilitiesSpanishHaitiLaw on the Integration of Persons with Disabilities (2012)FrenchHondurasLaw on equity and integral development for people with disabilities (2005)SpanishHungaryDisability act Act XXVI of 1998 on the rights and equal opportunities of persons with disabilitiesHungarianIndiaPersons with Disabilities Act 2016EnglishIndonesiaLaw No. 8/2016 on persons with disabilities IndonesianIran (Islamic Republic of)Comprehensive Law on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities of 2004PersianIraqAct No. 38 of 2013 on Care of Persons with Disabilities and Special NeedsArabicIsraelEqual Rights for Persons with Disabilities Law 5758-1998 (the “Equal Rights Law”) EnglishEqual Rights for Persons with Disabilities (Service Accessibility Adjustments) Regulations 5773-2013 EnglishItalyLaw 104/92 – Framework Law for assistance, social integration and rights of the handicappedItalianLaw 68/99 – Norms for the right to work of the disabledItalianJamaicaDisabilities Act 2014EnglishJapanBasic Act for Persons with Disabilities (August 2011)EnglishServices and Supports for Persons with Disabilities Act (June 2012)EnglishJordanLaw No. 20 for the year 2017 on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesEnglishKazakhstanLaw No. 39 of 13 April 2005 on Social Protection of disabled PersonsEnglishKenyaPersons With Disabilities Act No. 14 of 2003EnglishLatviaDisability Law LatvianLithuania Law of the Republic of Lithuania on Social Integration of Persons with DisabilitiesEnglish (unofficial translation)LuxemburgLaw No. 169 of 28 July 2011 on the rights of persons with disabilities FrenchMalaysiaPersons with Disabilities Act 2008EnglishMaldivesProtection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Provision of Financial Assistance (Law No. 8/2010)MaltaEqual Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act EnglishMarshall IslandsRights of Persons with disabilities Act, 2015EnglishMauritiusConstitution Article 16EnglishNational Council for Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons ActTraining and Employment of Disabled Persons ActEnglishMexicoGeneral Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (2011)SpanishMonacoLaw No. 1.410 of 02 December 2014 for the protection and autonomy and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilitiesFrenchMongoliaLaw on the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016EnglishMontenegroLaw on prohibition of discrimination EnglishMyanmarPyidaungsu Hluttaw Law No. 30/2015 – Law on the Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesBurmeseNepalAct No. 2039 of 1982 on the Protection and Welfare of the Disabled PersonsEnglishNetherlandsAct on Equal Treatment on the Grounds of Disability or Chronic Illness English (Unofficial Translation)New ZealandNew Zealand Public Health and Disability Act 2000EnglishNicaraguaLaw No. 763 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2011)SpanishNigerOrdinance No. 93-012 of 2 March 1993Ordinance No. 2010-028 of 20 May 2010NigeriaDiscrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018EnglishNorwayAnti-Discrimination and Accessibility Act (No. 42 of 2008).NorwegianOmanWelfare and Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities Act 2008ArabicPalauThe Disabled Person’s Anti-Discrimination Act EnglishPanamaLaw 15 of 31 May 2016 ammending Law 42 of 1999 on Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with DisabilitiesSpanishParaguayLaw 4692 establishing benefits for employers for the incorporation of persons with disabilities in the private sectorSpanishLaw 122/90 establishing rights and privileges for persons with disabilitiesSpanishPeruGeneral Law for the Inclusion of Persons with Disabilities (2012)SpanishPhilippinesRepublic Act No. 7277 – Magna Carta for Persons with DisabilitiesEnglishPolandAct on Vocational and Social Rehabilitation and Employment of Disabled PeoplePolishPortugalFramework Act 38/2004 of 18 August – General Basis of the Legal System for Prevention, Habilitation, Rehabilitation and Participation of Persons with DisabilitiesPortugueseQatarPersons with Special Needs Act No. 2 of 2004EnglishRepublic of KoreaAct on the Prohibition of Discrimination of Disabled PersonsEnglishAct on Welfare of Persons with Disabilities EnglishRepublic of MoldovaLaw No. 60 of 30.03.2012 on the social inclusion of persons with disabilitiesRomanianRepublic of North MacedoniaLaw on Employment of Persons with DisabilityLaw on Civilian Invalids of WarThe Rulebook on Assessing Specific Needs of Persons with Physical or Mental DisabilitiesRomaniaLaw no. 448/2006 Regarding the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Disabled PersonsEnglishRussian FederationLaw No. 181-FZ of 24 November 1995 on Social Protection of the Disabled (as amended on 02 July 2013)RussianRwandaLaw No. 01/2007 of 20 January 2007 Relating to the Protection of Persons with Disabilities in GeneralEnglishSaudi ArabiaDisability Law 2000ArabicSenegalSocial orientation law no.2010-15 of July 6, 2010FrenchSerbiaLaw on Prevention of Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (LPDPD) – Official Gazette of RS No. 33/06SerbianLaw on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (LPREPD) – Official Gazette of RS No. 36/09SerbianSierra LeonePersons with Disability Act, 2011EnglishSloveniaThe Law on Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities (ZZRZ)ISlovenianThe Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities Act (ZIMI)SlovenianSouth AfricaCode of Good Practice: Key Aspects on the Employment of People with DisabilitiesEnglishThe South African Library for the Blind ActEnglishSpainAct No. 13/1982 of 7 April 1982 on social integration of the handicapped SpanishAct No. 51/2003 of 2 December 2003 on equality of opportunity, nondiscrimination and universal accessibility for persons with disabilities SpanishSri Lanka1996 Protection of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act No. 28 EnglishSudanPersons with Disabilities Act of 2009ArabicSwedenAct concerning Support and Service to Persons with Certain Functional Disabilities (LSS) EnglishSwitzerlandFederal Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against People with DisabilitiesEnglishTanzaniaPersons with Disabilities Act (2010)EnglishThailandThe Persons with Disabilities Empowerment Act B.E. 2550 (2007) English (unofficial translation)TogoAct No. 2004-005 of 23 April 2004 on the social protection of disabled personsFrenchTrinidad and TobagoEqual Opportunity Act of 2000EnglishTunisiaLaw No. 83 of 15 August 2005 on the advancement and protection of persons with disabilitiesArabicTurkeyTurkish Disability Act (TDA) No. 5378 of 2005EnglishUgandaPersons with Disabilities Act (2006)EnglishNational Council for Disability Act (2003)EnglishUkraineLaw “On Basics of Social Protection for the Disabled in Ukraine”UkrainianUnited Arab EmiratesFederal Law No. 29 of 2006 In Respect of The Rights of People with Special NeedsEnglishLaw No. (3) of 2022 Concerning the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Emirate of DubaiEnglish | ArabicUnited KingdomEquality Act 2010EnglishUnited StatesAmericans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amendedEnglishRehabilitation Act of 1973 – As Amended Through P.L. 114–95, Enacted 10 December 2015EnglishIndividuals with Disabilities Education ActEnglishUruguayLaw No.29973 – General Law on Persons with Disabilities SpanishVenezuela, Bolivarian Republic ofPersons with Disabilities Act of 29 December 2006.Spanish18,651 Comprehensive Protection Act of Persons with Disabilities (2010)SpanishViet NamLaw on Persons with Disabilities (No. 51/2010/QH12)EnglishDecree 28/2012/ND-CP dated April 10th 2012 of the Government guiding the implementation of some articles of the Law on Persons with DisabilitiesVietnamese What legislation covers disability in Australia?The Disability Discrimination Act 1992 (Cth) (the DDA) makes it against the law to treat you unfairly because of your disability. You are also covered if you had a disability in the past, may develop a disability in the future or if people think you have a disability.
What led to the Americans with disabilities Act?The ADA story began a long time ago in cities and towns throughout the United States when people with disabilities began to challenge societal barriers that excluded them from their communities, and when parents of children with disabilities began to fight against the exclusion and segregation of their children.
What effect did the Americans with disabilities Act ADA of 1990 have?The ADA prohibits discrimination and ensures equal opportunity for persons with disabilities in employment. It also ensured disabled people have equal access to government services, public accommodations, commercial facilities, and transportation.
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