considerations and guided some of them on the measures that should be
undertaken.
10.14 In the year (2019) the NIHR monitored one (1) case along with two (2)
cases in the year (2020), and five (5) cases in the year (2021) pertaining to
persons with disabilities, and it contacted the competent authorities to tackle
them.
10.15 Within the context of the NIHR role in promoting and protecting human
rights in the kingdom - which this report presented simple examples of – the NIHR
was able to portray the practical reality of the rights of persons with disabilities;
and to identify the main obstacles and challenges that they encounter almost daily
in their lives. Based on this several important recommendations were articulated
in order to improve the conditions of the persons with disabilities in the Kingdom,
in fulfilling its international commitments stemming from its ratification of the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Final Recommendations
Based on the above, the NIHR recommends the following:
(1) Expediting the issuance of a new comprehensive and advanced law
regarding the rights of persons with disabilities, in accordance with the
provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and
relevant international resolutions.
(2) Updating urgently the National Strategy for Persons with Disabilities in
cooperation with the relevant national stakeholders, emphasizing the
importance to issue the National Plan for Human Rights, with guarantees to
preserve the rights of this category of people in the way it is needed.
(3) Working on improving the infrastructure to include the required engineering
designs for persons with disabilities in the public facilities, especially in the
new buildings and modern compounds.
(4) Providing in public buildings and other facilities signage catering to some
types of disabilities (blind, deaf and mute), in easy to read and understand
forms, to ensure that the persons with disabilities can receive and access the
available services.
(5) Expediting the opening of “Comprehensive Disability Complex”, that contains
several specialized centers, such as centers for autism, behavioral and
communications disorders.
(6) Incorporating the main concepts of education for human rights and the
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the academic
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