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JOR-2017-L-108108
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Title_of_text
Law No. 20 of 2017 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Jordan
Subjects (Classification)
Disabled workers
Adopted on (Date of text)
2017-06-01
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Article 3 For the purpose of implementing the provisions of this Law:
a.person with a disability is defined as a person who has long-term physical, sensory, intellectual, mental, psychological or neurological impairment, which, as a result of interaction with other physical and behavioral barriers, may hinder performance by such person of one of the major life activities or hinder the exercise by such person of any right or basic freedom independently.
b. An impairment will be considered of a long-term nature according to Clause (a) of this Article if the impairment is not expected to disappear in at least (24) months from the date of commencement of treatment or of rehabilitation.
c. Physical obstacles and behavioral barriers mentioned in Clause (a) of this Article include lack or absence of reasonable accommodation or accessible formats or accessibility, and also include individual behaviors and discriminative institutional practices on the basis of disability.
d. Major life activities mentioned in Clause (a) of this Article include the following: 1. Eating, drinking, administering, self- care, reading and writing. 2. Movement and mobility. 3. Interaction and concentration, expression and verbal, visual and written communication. 4. Learning, rehabilitation and training. 5. Work.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation online in Arabic
Author
Prime Ministry
Place of publication
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Country
Jordan
URL
www.pm.gov.jo
File
20-2017 -#1593;.pdf (PDF in Arabic)
Electronic source title
Legislation online in English
Author
The UN Refugee Agency
URL
https://data2.unhcr.org
File
20-2017 eng .pdf (PDF in English)