Situational Analysis of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the Republic of North Macedonia
The goal of the analysis is to identify the basic preconditions for inclusion of disability in mainstream society, and to identify the main bottlenecks and challenges in the realization of fundamental human rights of the persons with disabilities.
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Highlights
Despite the ratification on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) by numerous countries, many of them are unfortunately still struggling to translate the CRPD into concrete policies, systems, programs, actions, and services, which would enable the independent and dignified life of persons with disabilities.
The United Nations Partnership on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Partner Fund ( UNPRPD, MPTF) was established to facilitate cooperation between United Nations’ (UN) members. This partnership represents cooperation between UN agencies, governments, organizations of persons with disabilities (OPD) and the civil society (CS) to promote the rights of persons with disabilities according to the CRPD and the sustainable development goals for inclusion of disability (SDG). In order to provide consistency between stakeholders in the country and the UN country teams, and pursuant to the Strategic Operational Framework 2020–2025 (SOF) of the UNPRPD and CRPD, it is planned to perform a situational analysis in each country and to develop common proposals for programs for further actions.
The goal of the analysis is to identify the basic preconditions for inclusion of disability in mainstream society, and to identify the main bottlenecks and challenges in the realization of fundamental human rights of the persons with disabilities. At the same time, the analysis also points out the main priorities and actions that need to be supported and initiated in the country in the forthcoming period in connection with the fulfilment of rights to individual and independent life of persons with disabilities pursuant to the CRPD.
