The meeting was held within the framework of state monitoring in the field of rights of persons with disabilities
The meeting was held within the framework of state monitoring in the field of rights of persons with disabilities at the agency for Sustainable and Operational Social Security under the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection of the Population.
The head of the legal education sector of the Office of the Commissioner for Human Rights (Ombudsman) of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mughalib Mahmudov spoke at the event and informed about the work led by the ombudsman Sabina Aliyeva in the direction of protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities in the recent period and the upcoming tasks.
Then, among the obligations reflected in the UN Convention "The rights of persons with disabilities", which our country is a supporter of it , in order to create equal opportunities for persons with disabilities, ensuring reasonable adaptation, inclusion and accessibility, promoting the application of universal design, inadmissibility of discrimination based on disability and it was brought to attention that other issues occupy one of the important places.
At the meeting, within the framework of the implementation of state monitoring in the field of the rights of persons with disabilities, discussions were held on the topics of "Possibilities of accessibility and inclusion in the education system" and "Current opportunities and difficulties for children with disabilities to realize their comprehensive development, talent, knowledge and skills."
It should be noted that Tarana Guliyeva - responsible for inclusive education from Sumgayit State University participated in the meeting held at the DOST agency.
Translation: Linguistic Center
