Policy and enforcement bodies

The key national bodies with responsibility for disability law and policy implementation include:

Service for the Care and Rehabilitation of Disabled People (YMA) is a government service that works under the authority of the Ministry of Labour. It co-ordinates disability issues and offers specialized services to disabled people in the fields of vocational rehabilitation and social integration.

Office of Planning for People with Disabilities is a government service that works under the authority of the Ministry of Communications and Works. Its goal is to contribute in altering all the architectural barriers in order to facilitate access to disabled and other people.

The Office of the Commissioner for Administration is a state department that promotes and enforces equality in relation to disability, race, gender, age, sexual orientation and religion or belief, as well as human rights. Individual complaints and cases of discrimination can be taken to this body.


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