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Table 1 Some of the protected rights in the CRPD

From: Monitoring the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: data and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Some of the protected rights

Article 9 Accessibility

Article 11 Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies

Article 12 Equal recognition before the law

Article 13 Access to justice

Article 15 Freedom from torture, cruelÂ…degrading treatment or punishment

Article 16 Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse

Article 17 Protecting the integrity of the person

Article 18 Liberty of movement and nationality

Article 19 Living independently and being included in the community

Article 20 Personal mobility

Article 21 Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information

Article 22 Respect for privacy

Article 23 Respect for home and the family

Article 24 Education

Article 25 Health

Article 26 Habilitation and rehabilitation

Article 27 Work and employment

Article 28 Adequate standard of living and social protection

Article 29 Participation in political and public life

Article 30 Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport