Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
Summary
In all parts of the world, a disproportionate number of persons with disabilities lives in poverty, underscoring the direct link between disability and denial of economic rights.
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Beliefs, behaviours, practices and laws which directly and indirectly serve to deprive those with disabilities from their entitlement to achieve their fullest personal development and contribute like others to their societies continue to persist.