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In 1982, the General Assembly adopted the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Pe

rsons, which set the guidelines for a world strategy to promote “equality” and “full participation” by persons with disabilities in social life and development. As a follow-up to the World Programme of Action, the General Assembly adopted in 1993 a resolution entitled Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for People with Disabilities.

They were denied equal access to those basic rights and fundamental freedoms (e.g. health care, employment, education, vote, participation in cultural activities) that most people take for granted. A dramatic shift in perspective has been taking place over the past two decades, and persons with dis

In the past, persons with disabilities suffered from a relative “invisibility”, and tended to be viewed as “objects” of protection, treatment and assistance rather than subjects of rights. As a result of this approach, persons with disabilities were excluded from mainstream society, and provided with special schools, sheltered workshops, and separate housing and transportation on the assumption that they were incapable of coping with either society at large or all or most major life activities.

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In its Resolution 2000/51 on the human rights of persons with disabilities, the Commission on Human Rights requested the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, in cooperation with the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability, to examine measures to strengthen the protection and monitoring of the human rights of persons with disabilities.

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