AMMAN — The Higher Council for the Rights of Persons
with Disabilities on Saturday highlighted its achievements and cited
beneficiaries of its projects in the three regions of the Kingdom during the
month of September, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
In its monthly
report, the council said its president, HRH Prince Mired bin Raad bin Zeid, in
a meeting with Special UN Rapporteur on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Gerard Quinn, reviewed Jordan’s achievements in legislation and policies,
including constitutional amendments, amendments to the parties and elections
laws, the issuance of the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and a
package of policies and executive plans whose implementation began more than
four years ago.
According to the
report, the council issued regulations concerning identification cards, the
formation of the evaluation and diagnosis committees for persons with
disabilities, the mechanism for submitting an application, and electronic
instructions for the year 2022, issued under Article 4 of the e-transaction
law.
After the Cabinet
adopted the regulations, the council started to coordinate with concerned
entities to incorporate them in the Law on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
The council, in
cooperation with CBM Global Disability Inclusion, organized the reception
“Planning today for an inclusive tomorrow” with the aim of exchanging expertise
in the field of inclusive community-based development for the integration of
persons with disabilities in society.
The ceremony was
attended by more than 200 experts representing public, private, voluntary and
civil society institutions, and international organizations, it noted.
In addition to issuing IDs
to hundreds of people with disabilities and admitting more than 250 students
with abilities to universities, in partnership with the Ministry of Higher
Education and Scientific Research, the report said the council granted
privileges to people with disabilities in other fields and partner entities.
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