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Why Sri Lanka Should Ratify the United Nations Convention on the Right of Persons with Disabilities ( in sinhala as well)

Publisher: Sri Lanka Foundation for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled

Place of Publish: Sri Lanka, Colombo

Year: 2012

Page Numbers: 38

Acc. No: 4981

Class No: 362.4 WHY-SL

Category: Books & Reports

Subjects: Social Problems and Services

Type of Resource: Monograph

Languages: English/Sinhala/Tamil

ISBN: 978-955-7937-02-1

There has been an increase in the number of persons living with disabilities. Thus Sri Lanka should enact the enabling the legislation to safeguard and protect the rights of the person with disabilities (PwD) as a matter of priority. This will enable Sri Lanka to ratify the convention on the rights on persons with disabilities, benefitting the entire country in the process. Blurb Source: - Extracted from the publication’s ‘Foreword’