Our research uncovered serious problems in the work of the State Welfare Organization (SWO), the main agency tasked with providing services to people with disabilities. Interviewees described how state social workers insulted and humiliated them. Many people we interviewed stated that social workers ...

Include human rights, including the rights of people with disabilities, in all bilateral and multilateral discussions with Iran. Ensure that funding for civil society and economic and social development include benchmarks and reporting regarding progress in ensuring the rights of people with ...

Implement a comprehensive review of legislation and policies including a legal definition of disability, to ensure that they are in line with the requirements of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; Remove all derogatory language from legislation and policies; ...

While some of these recommendations should be implemented by individual authorities or government agencies, overwhelmingly these recommendations can only be implemented through meaningful inter-agency coordination at the national level, as well as by provincial offices and municipalities. The government of Iran should establish an inter-agency ...

The CRPD requires states parties to adopt immediate and effective measures to “raise awareness throughout society … to foster respect for the rights and dignity of persons with disabilities; to combat stereotypes, prejudices and harmful practices relating to persons with disabilities … in ...

The CRPD makes certain guarantees to people with disabilities as part of their right to the highest attainable standard of health, including the right to a range of healthcare services of adequate quality as close as possible to their communities and the right ...

The CRPD requires states to enable persons with disabilities to live independently and to participate and be included fully in their communities, including by guaranteeing their right to choose their places of residence and access services and facilities available to the general population ...

The CRPD requires that states take measures to ensure persons with disabilities have access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical environment, to transportation, to information and communication, including information and communication technologies and systems, and to other facilities and services ...

The CRPD defines discrimination on the basis of disability as “any distinction, exclusion, or restriction on the basis of disability which has the purpose or effect of impairing or nullifying the recognition, enjoyment, or exercise on an equal basis with others, of all ...

Iran is a party to several major international human rights conventions, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),[230] the International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR),[231] and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).[232] In 2009, Iran acceded to ...

The constitution of Iran does not include any explicit reference to persons with disabilities, although it states that “All citizens of the country, both men and women, equally enjoy the protection of the law and enjoy all human, political, economic, social, and cultural ...

People whom we interviewed said mental health professionals did not always provide adequate information to patients with psychosocial disabilities and their family members about their conditions or treatment options. Soheila, who has worked with persons with psychosocial disabilities for many years in different ...