construction, transportation and housing, which calls for reconfirming the recommendation of the NIHR contained in the first annual report issued in 2013 urging the legislative authority to issue an integrated law on the rights of persons with disabilities in line with the provisions of the International Convention, addressing - at the very least - the broad outlines of the specifications and requirements of the infrastructure and the appropriate engineering needs for individuals with disabilities in public facilities, tourist facilities, various means of transportation, and housing services, in addition to issuing an executive regulation attached to the law dealing in detail with these specifications, requirements and needs, similar to legislations of other countries, which reflects the essence of the law agreement. 1.7 The NIHR’s third annual report issued in 2015, once again urged the legislative authority to issue a law on the rights of individuals with disabilities in line with the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In the same report, the NIHR also monitored the lack of implementation of Law No. (59) of 2014 amending Article (5) of Law No. (74) of 2006 regarding the care, rehabilitation and employment of people with disabilities, which added two new paragraphs, the first of which states, “An employee or worker with a disability or a person caring for a disabled relative of the first degree, who proves by a certificate issued by the competent medical committee that they need special care, shall be granted two hours of paid daily rest, in accordance with the conditions and controls issued by a decision of the Minister”. The second paragraph stipulates that: “It is not permissible to combine the two hours of rest established under this law and the hours of care, breastfeeding or rest prescribed in other laws and decisions”. 1.8 After four years of not implementing Law No. (59) of 2014 amending Article (5) of the above-mentioned law, the Ministry of Labor and Social Development issued Resolution No. (80) of 2018 regarding the conditions and controls for granting two hours of rest to an employee or worker with disability, or who takes care of a person with a disability, to oblige the concerned authorities to take all necessary measures to implement the law, by stating the mechanism for implementing the provisions stipulated in Article (5) of Law No. (74) of 2006 and its amendments. 1.9 Also, Civil Service issued Directives No. (2) of 2019 regarding granting two hours of rest to any employee with a disability, or who takes care of a person with a disability, which aims to clarify how to implement the provisions of Article (5) of Law No. (74) of 2006 and its amendments regarding Civil Service Bureau, and Ministry of Labor and Social Development Decision No. (80) of 2018, regarding the conditions and controls for granting two hours of rest to any employee or worker with a disability or who takes care of a person with a disability, in which must be 7

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