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References
• CESCR: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• HRC (ICCPR): Human Rights Committee
• CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• CEDAW: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
• CAT: Committee Against Torture
• CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child
Article 9
CESCR, General Comment no. 5 (Persons with disabilities), para.
23: …[T]he failure of Governments to ensure that modes
of transportation are accessible to persons with disabilities greatly reduces
the chances of such persons finding suitable, integrated jobs, taking advantage
of educational and vocational training, or commuting to facilities of all
types. Indeed, the provision of access to appropriate and, where necessary,
specially tailored forms of transportation is crucial to the realization
by persons with disabilities of virtually all the rights recognized in
the Covenant.
CESCR, General Comment no. 14 (The right to the highest attainable
standard of health), para. 12: …[H]ealth facilities, goods
and services must be within safe physical reach for all sections of the population,
especially vulnerable or marginalized groups, such as (…) persons
with disabilities (…) Accessibility further includes adequate access
to buildings for persons with disabilities.