Category: Disability Laws

Disability Laws and International Conventions

Resolution Rectifying NCDA Board Resolution No. 1 S/2020 – NCDA Board Resolution No. 4 S 2020

NCDA BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 4 SERIES OF 2020

RESOLUTION RECTIFYING NCDA BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 1 S/2020

WHEREAS, NCDA Board adopted last 31st of January 2020 NCDA Board Resolution No. 1 S/2020 entitled “GUIDELINES ON THE ISSUANCE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITY IDENTIFICATION CARD TO CANCER PATIENTS, PERSONS LIVING WITH CANCER AND CANCER SURVIVORS PURSUANT TO SECTION 24 OF REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11215 IN ACCORDANCE TO RA 7277 OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE MAGNA CARTA FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES”; [...] 

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A Resolution Approving The Guidelines On Policy Development And Monitoring Activities Of The Regional Committees On Disability Affairs (Rcda) And Aligning The Committee’s Plans And Activities With The Thrusts And Direction Set Forth By The National Council On Disability Affairs – NCDA Board Resolution No. 3 S/2021

NCDA BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 3 S/2021

A RESOLUTION APPROVING THE GUIDELINES ON POLICY DEVELOPMENT AND MONITORING ACTIVITIES OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEES ON DISABILITY AFFAIRS (RCDA) AND ALIGNING THE COMMITTEE’S PLANS AND ACTIVITIES WITH THE THRUSTS AND DIRECTION SET FORTH BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON DISABILITY AFFAIRS [...] 

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A Resolution Requesting The Member Agencies Of The Regional Committees On Disability Affairs (RCDA) To Establish A Network And Coordination Mechanism With Persons With Disability Affairs Office (PDAO) In The Development And Implementation Of Policies, Programs And Services For Persons With Disabilities – Ncda Board Resolution No. 2 S 2021

NCDA BOARD RESOLUTION NO. 2 SERIES OF 2021

A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE MEMBER AGENCIES OF THE REGIONAL COMMITTEES ON DISABILITY AFFAIRS (RCDA) TO ESTABLISH A NETWORK AND COORDINATION MECHANISM WITH PERSONS WITH DISABILITY AFFAIRS OFFICE (PDAO) IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF POLICIES, PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES [...] 

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Pledge of Commitment

45th National Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week

July 17-23, 2023

PLEDGE OF COMMITMENT

The theme for the 45thNational Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week, “Persons with Disabilities Accessibility and Rights: Towards a Sustainable Future where No One is Left Behind” highlights the importance of accessibility in the full realization of all human rights of persons with disabilities such as the fight to health, education. employment, political participation, protection from situations of risks and emergencies among others, on an equal basis with others. [...] 

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Special Guidelines on the Provision of Social Amelioration Measures by the DSWD to the Most Affected Residents of the Areas Under Community Quarantine – Memorandum Circular 04-2020 pdf

Special Guidelines on the Provision of Social Amelioration Measures by the Department of Social Welfare and Development to the Most Affected Residents of the Areas Under Community Quarantine and Continuation of the Implementation of the Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens and the Supplementary Feeding Programs [...] 

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UN Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities

Preamble

The States Parties to the present Convention,

a. Recalling the principles proclaimed in the Charter of the United Nations which recognize the inherent dignity and worth and the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family as the foundation of freedom, justice and peace in the world, [...] 

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