The World Health Organisation states that over one billion
people live with some form of disability. It has been observing 3
December as 'International Day of Persons with
Disabilities' since 1992.
To mark this, we take a look below at the kind of rules that are
in place on a supranational level to support the idea that disabled
people have a right to participate in work and find fulfillment and
economic autonomy through their work. And in terms of specific
measures, we look at a sample of 13 countries that mandate
employers to employ a certain quota of people within their
workforce.
The place to start on supranational edicts is the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights of 1948, which sets out that
'Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth
in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race,
colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
national or social origin, property, birth or other status.'
Recognizing
