which was held during the period (23-24/11/2009) under the patronage of
HRH Prince Raad Bin Zaid, Chief Chamberlain and President of the Higher
Council for the Affairs of Persons with Disabilities (HCAPD), in addition to
the results of the questionnaires that were filled out, under the
supervision of the team, by (737) persons with disabilities and
representatives of civil society institutions working in this area, and the
information, amounting to (483) violations, that was monitored and
recorded by (122) participants representing civil society institutions.
This is in addition to implementing four training workshops in cooperation
with the National Center for Human Rights by the national team, which is
responsible for the preparation of this report, on gathering information and
monitoring mechanisms pertaining to the rights of this category of society
according to international standards.
The NCHR in Jordan monitors the extent to which the International
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is activated and
applied in the Jordanian society by all concerned public, private, voluntary
and semi-governmental organizations.
This report covers all the information, figures, facts and data representing
the findings of the national team, within the resources and time available, as
well as the degree of response to the research tools used and the monitors.
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