Disability Inclusion Matters

  Abstract Disability rights are basic human rights, not special rights. Persons with disabilities have the same rights to non-discrimination, accessibility, equality of opportunity, inclusion and full participation in society as all people. Therefore, this article analyzed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) which stated that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights, and everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms without discrimination of any kind”. Likewise, this article analyzed the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) which was adopted to promote, protect and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity. Keywords: Disability Rights, Human Rights, Persons with Disabilities (PWDs). 1. Introduction Disability is part of the human condition. Globally over 1 billion persons, or 15% of

  Abstract African Disability Rights Protocol was adopted in 2018 by the African Union but for it to become legally binding, member states of the African Union must sign and ratify it. Therefore, this article analyzed the purpose of the Protocol, general principles of the Protocol, general obligations of the Protocol, reasons for ratification of the Protocol as well as the process of ratification of the Protocol. Likewise, the article ended with a conclusion.  Keywords: Disability Rights, Protocol,  Roadmap, Ratification.  1. Introduction  The African Union Assembly adopted the Protocol to the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa (Africa Disability Protocol) on 28 January 2018. The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Commission) prepared this document, through a collaborative process involving state representatives, civil society and disabled persons organizations to complement the African Charter on Huma