On July 29, the Government of Uzbekistan approved the draft Rights of Persons With Disabilities Bill to be submitted to the parliament, the Deputy PM Aziz Abdukhakimov said on his Facebook page.
The document will be the first law in Uzbekistan concerning the rights of persons with disabilities, and fully complies with the requirements of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Deputy PM stressed. The draft was prepared with the participation of 20 ministries and agencies, the National Society of Disabled People, the Society of the Deaf, the Society of the Blind and the Association of the Disabled.
“The main purpose of the draft is to prevent discrimination because of disability, respect the rights and freedoms of persons with disabilities, ensure their participation in public life as full members of the society, create a barrier-free environment and their unimpeded movement in the physical environment,” he added.
To improve the lives of persons with disabilities, the draft bill introduces a number of norms that ensure their social rehabilitation, adaptation and integration. Deputy Prime Minister stressed that the bill contains the rules of direct action.
In particular, the rules provide for a significant expansion of the powers of non-governmental non-profit organizations of persons with disabilities.
It proposes to introduce registration of persons with disabilities in need of housing, granting them the right to priority housing, soft mortgage, provision of housing on the lower floors in apartment buildings, as well as the right to priority social housing.
