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With the World Health Organisation reporting a rise in the global disability population, Independent Senator Alicia Lalite-Etienne is urging the Government to enact long-awaited legislation that gives real protection and equity to people living with disabilities.
Lalite-Etienne, who is visually impaired, brought a private members’ motion to the Upper House yesterday, calling on the Government to table a comprehensive national strategic plan with a legislative framework within 12 months.
Although T&T is a signatory to several international treaties, including the United Nations’ Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), she said these commitments remain only policy without domestic law to enforce them.
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