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UN Committee adopts General Comment on the right to independent living

On 29 August, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities adopted the General Comment on Article 19 ("the Right to live independently and being included in community") of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Previously, the UN Committee had already prepared other General Comments on Article 12 (Equal recognition before the law), Article 9 (Accessibility), Article 6 (Women with disabilities) and Article 24 (Education).

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Date of publication: 05-09-2017