CRPD/C/PHL/CO/1
(b)
Provide persons with disabilities with accessible information and
methodologies concerning consultation procedures, including information on Easy
Read for organizations of persons with intellectual disabilities, and age-appropriate
mechanisms for improving the participation of children with disabilities, through
their representative organizations.
B.
Specific rights (arts. 5–30)
Equality and non-discrimination (art. 5)
10.
The Committee observes with concern that:
(a)
Provisions in the Magna Carta for Persons with Disabilities of 1992
(Republic Act No. 7277) and its subsequent amendments in 2007 and 2016 only address
disability-based discrimination in employment, transportation and the use of public
accommodations and services;
(b)
The absence of information and measures to address multiple and
intersectional discrimination against indigenous and Muslim persons with disabilities;
(c)
The lack of recognition of reasonable accommodation in several areas of life
and the denial of reasonable accommodation as a form of disability-based discrimination;
(d)
The lack of remedies and complaint procedures available in cases of
discrimination on the basis of disability, and the absence of information about redress
provided, including compensation.
11.
The Committee, in line with its general comment No. 6 (2018) on equality and
non-discrimination, recommends that the State party:
(a)
Recognize disability in its general legislation as a ground for
discrimination in all areas of life;
(b)
Adopt a comprehensive strategy to prevent all forms of discrimination
against persons with disabilities to prevent intersectional and multiple forms of
discrimination against persons with disabilities on the grounds of sex, age, origin,
religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation and gender identity, impairment, migrant,
asylum-seeking or refugee status, and social status;
(c)
Establish accessible and effective redress mechanisms, including judicial
and administrative procedures, and ensure access to justice, on an equal basis with
others, for victims of disability-based discrimination. The State party should provide
persons with disabilities with accessible information about complaint procedures
through the courts and free legal aid;
(d)
Recognize in its legislation the concept of reasonable accommodation in
accordance with article 5 (3) of the Convention and the denial of reasonable
accommodation as a form of disability-based discrimination;
(e)
Take into account article 5 of the Convention in implementing targets
10.2 and 10.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular multiple and
intersectional discrimination on the basis of gender, age, disability and leprosy
through anti-discrimination legislation and policies to help address stigma against
persons with disabilities.
Women with disabilities (art. 6)
12.
The Committee is concerned about:
(a)
The overall lack of information about the situation of women and girls with
disabilities, in particular their access to social protection and an adequate standard of living,
and their economic and employment conditions, and enjoyment of political rights by
women with disabilities;
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