Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
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United Nations CRPD/C/SVK/1 Convention on the Rights Distr.: General 24 September 2014 of Persons with Disabilities Original: English Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 35 of the Convention Initial reports of States parties due in 2012 Slovakia* ** [Date received: 26 June 2012] * The present document is being issued without formal editing. ** Annexes can be consulted in the files of the secretariat. GE.14-17017 (E) CRPD/C/SVK/1 Contents Page I. Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4 II. General provisions of the Convention (Articles 1–4) .............................................. 5 Article 1 – Purpose ................................................................................................ 5 Article 2 – Definitions ........................................................................................... 6 Articles 3 and 4 – General principles and general obligations ................................ 7 III. Specific rights recognized in the Convention .......................................................... 9 Article 5 – Equality and non-discrimination.......................................................... 9 Article 8 – Awareness-raising ............................................................................... 10 Article 9 – Accessibility ........................................................................................ 12 Article 10 – Right to life ......................................................................................... 19 Article 11 – Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies ................................ 20 Article 12 – Equal recognition before the law ......................................................... 20 Article 13 – Access to justice .................................................................................. 22 Article 14 – Liberty and security of the person ....................................................... 25 Article 15 – Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment ...................................................................................... 27 Article 16 – Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse .................................. 29 Article 17 – Protecting the integrity of the person .................................................. 31 Article 18 – Liberty of movement and nationality .................................................. 33 Article 19 – Living independently and being included in the community .............. 34 Article 20 – Personal mobility................................................................................. 39 Article 21 – Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information .......... 41 Article 22 – Respect for privacy.............................................................................. 44 Article 23 – Respect for home and the family ......................................................... 47 Article 24 – Education............................................................................................. 51 Article 25 – Health .................................................................................................. 58 Article 26 – Habilitation and rehabilitation ............................................................. 60 Article 27 – Work and employment ........................................................................ 62 Article 28 – Adequate standard of living and social protection .............................. 68 Article 29 – Participation in political and public life .............................................. 74 Article 30 – Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport ................... 76 2 CRPD/C/SVK/1 IV. Specific rights under the Convention applying to boys, girls and women with disabilities ....................................................................................................... 79 Article 6 – Women with disabilities ...................................................................... 79 Article 7 – Children with disabilities ..................................................................... 81 V. Specific duties under the Convention ...................................................................... 84 Article 31 – Statistics and data collection ............................................................... 84 Article 32 – International cooperation ..................................................................... 87 Article 33 – National implementation and monitoring ............................................ 88 3 CRPD/C/SVK/1 I. Introduction 1. Slovakia presents to the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities the following comprehensive report on measures adopted for the implementation of obligations under the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities and on the progress that has been made in this regard in the two years since the Convention entered into force for the Slovak Republic. The report has been prepared in accordance with the guidelines of the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the Convention-specific document. 2. The National Council of the Slovak Republic has approved the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and decided that it is an international treaty that has priority over national laws pursuant to Article 7(5) of the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. The President of the Slovak Republic ratified the Convention on 28 April 2010 and the instrument of ratification was deposited with the depositary, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 26 May 2010. The Convention entered into force for the Slovak Republic on 25 June 2010 in accordance with Article 45(2).1 3. After depositing the instrument of ratification, the Slovak Republic entered a reservation to Article 27(1)(a) of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in accordance with Article 46 thereof. Report structure 4. Despite the fact that the issue of the establishment of a focal point has not yet been resolved, the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic has compiled and prepared all the material for the comprehensive report. In view of the need to process a large quantity of material and also in order to ensure that every institution submitted material in a standard structure and gave attention to each article of the Convention individually, a contact person was appointed for every ministry or institution with responsibility for the collection and preparation of materials for the planned national report. During preparation of the report, special working meetings were held with representative of participating institutions and a representative of persons with disabilities (the president of the Slovak Disability Council). The Slovak Disability Council, a civic association made up of citizens with various types of disabilities, was asked to contribute to the national report, even though it is preparing its own shadow report on the Convention. Furthermore, all non-governmental organisations, in particular organisations of persons with disabilities, will have the opportunity to comment on this document during review proceedings. 5. The following institutions were contacted during preparation of the report: The Ministry of Transport, Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of the Environment of the Slovak Republic, the Office of the government of the Slovak Republic, the Committee for persons with disabilities of the 1 Notice No. 317/2010 Z.z. of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic. 4 CRPD/C/SVK/1 Government council for human rights, national minorities and gender equality, the Office of the public ombudsman, the government plenipotentiary for the Roma community, the government plenipotentiary for information society, the government plenipotentiary for local government, integrated land and water management, the government plenipotentiary for knowledge economy, the government plenipotentiary for the development of civil society, the Personal Data Protection Office, the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Slovak Republic, the Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic, the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights, the office of the World Health Organization in the Slovak Republic, the Union of Towns and Cities of Slovakia, the Slovak National Centre for Human Rights, the SK 8 Association, the Confederation of Trade Unions of the Slovak Republic, the Federation of Employers’ Associations of the Slovak Republic, the National Union of Employers, the Association of Towns and Communities of Slovakia, the Citizen, Democracy and Accountability civic association, the Council for Broadcasting and Retransmission, the Health Care Surveillance Authority and the Institute for Public Affairs. 6. The report has been prepared according