17
May
2013
Monitoring system for rights of disabled kicks off
BEIRUT: The Union for the Disabled Lebanese launched a complaints and monitoring system Thursday to defend the rights of the disabled. “The monitor that we are launching today comes 13 years after Law 220 of 2000 that protects the rights of the disabled, of which most articles have yet to be implemented,” longtime disability-rights activist and Program Director Silvana Lakkis said, during the ceremony at the Holiday Inn Dunes Hotel. The launch was held with cooperation from the Social Affairs Ministry, the international development organization Diakonia, the Inclusion Network, various municipalities and a host of other associations. Caretaker Social Affairs…
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