Disability and its legal framework in Paraguay from Human Rights

Abstract

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a human rights treaty, it arises from the social model of disability that considers the environment as disabling due to existing barriers and recognizes the person as a subject of rights after going through periods of marginalization, exclusion and rehabilitation. The objective of the investigation is to publicize the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and make its visible in the appropriate Paraguayan legislation as of its ratification. In order to do this, consultation in legislative databases was used to later systematize the laws that had emerged in favor of people with disabilities. Although legislative advances have been made and there is the first National Disability Plan, which serves as the basis for making legislative changes and achieving inclusive policies for people with disabilities, there are still aspects of the Convention that must be incorporated into Paraguayan legislation.