Press statement | 04.12.2018

International Day of Persons with Disabilities

Inaccessibility, inadequate/missing orthopedic and other aids, unequal access to educational institutions, unadjusted textbooks, lack of public transport for people with disabilities, lack of information adapted to the blind, deaf and persons with intellectual disabilities, prejudices, etc. confirm that the rights of persons with disabilities in some parts of Bosnia and Herzegovina continue to be violated, the Ombudsmen of Bosnia and Herzegovina say.

The problem of accessibility is reflected in the realization of other rights of persons with disabilities, starting from education, health and social protection, private and family life, and social inclusion, so the Ombudsmen through the recommendations pointed to the competent authorities for the obligation to create equal conditions without discrimination on grounds of disability in the physical environment, transport means, information and communication technologies and systems, other facilities and services.

Ombudsmen remind that in Bosnia and Herzegovina there are still differences and discrimination against persons with disabilities, which is reflected in the differences in the exercise of the rights of war invalids, civilian victims of war and civilian invalids, which competent authorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina have to solve and eliminate the causes of discrimination.

It is recommended by the Ombudsman Institutions to all levels of executive and legislative power in Bosnia and Herzegovina to enact laws to ensure the establishment of a system of provision of assistance services to persons with disabilities, with the guarantee of a stable system of financing, in which the exclusive right to select a personal assistant will have persons with disabilities.

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