CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1 49. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Adopt criteria to ensure that programmes to provide for clean water, food and housing mainstream all persons with disabilities; (b) Collect disaggregated data about the number and percentage of persons with disabilities who have received a minimum level of social protection from the Government, disaggregated by sex, age and ethnicity, in particular persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities; (c) Adopt measures to provide social protection schemes and allowances that recognize the additional costs associated with disability and ensure access to disability pensions by all persons with disabilities throughout its territory; (d) Adhere to target 10.2 of the Sustainable Development Goals to empower and promote the economic inclusion of all, in particular by targeting persons with disabilities. Participation in political and public life (art. 29) 50. The Committee is concerned about the lack of information about the participation of persons with disabilities at the local and national levels in conducting public affairs, and that persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities face barriers to exercise their right to vote. 51. The Committee recommends that the State party repeal discriminatory provisions that prevent persons with intellectual or psychosocial disabilities from exercising their rights to vote and stand for elections. It also recommends that the State party take measures to facilitate electronic voting for all persons with disabilities regardless of the type of impairment. Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport (art. 30) 52. The Committee is concerned that the State party has yet to ratify the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired, or Otherwise Print Disabled. 53. The Committee encourages the State party to take all appropriate measures to ratify and implement the Marrakesh Treaty as soon as possible. 54. The Committee is concerned about the policy of granting national funding only for the Paralympics and the Special Olympics to enable athletes to participate in competitions abroad, excluding persons with disabilities enrolled in other sports. It is also concerned about the lack of measures to promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in cultural and recreational activities. 55. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Allocate public funds for equal access and practise of sports by all persons with disabilities; (b) Adopt measures to ensure that all persons with disabilities participate in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport; (c) Adopt a strategy and allocate resources at the national and local levels to develop inclusive facilities, programmes and activities for persons with disabilities, in areas such as theatre, dance and music, in partnership and close consultation with organizations of persons with disabilities. C. Specific obligations (arts. 31–33) Statistics and data collection (art. 31) 56. The Committee is concerned that the home assessment survey conducted between March 2009 and March 2010 — the National Household Targeting System for Poverty 12

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