Khalifa order boosts special needs rights
President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a law ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has issued a law ratifying the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Federal Law No 116/ 2009, to be published in the official gazette, instructs the Social Affairs Minister to take the necessary steps for its implementation.
Shaikh Khalifa also issued Federal Law No 14/2009 amending Law No 29/2006 on people with special needs.
The phrases "the disabled" and "disabled individuals", wherever they occur, shall be removed from the text of Law No 29 and shall be replaced with "Individuals with Special Needs" and "Individual with Special Needs", as per Article 1 of the new Law No 14.
Also, the word "disability", wherever it occurs in Law No 29, shall be replaced with the word "Special Needs".
Article 2 of Law No 14 also nullifies and makes irrelevant any provisions that are in conflict with the provisions of this new law. The law shall take immediate effect and shall be published in the official gazette.
