Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2009L02620:body:0:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2009L02620
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forms of exploitation, violence and abuse by ensuring, inter alia, appropriate forms of
gender‑ and age‑sensitive assistance and support for persons with disabilities and their families and caregivers, including through the provision of information and education on how to avoid, recognize and report instances of exploitation, violence and abuse. States Parties shall ensure that protection services are age‑, gender‑ and disability‑sensitive.

3. In order to prevent the occurrence of all forms of exploitation, violence and abuse, States Parties shall ensure that all facilities and programmes designed to serve persons with disabilities are effectively monitored by independent authorities.

4. States Parties shall take all appropriate measures to promote the physical, cognitive and psychological recovery, rehabilitation and social reintegration of persons with disabilities who become victims of any form of exploitation, violence or abuse, including through the provision of protection services. Such recovery and reintegration shall take place in an environment that fosters the health, welfare,
self‑respect, dignity and autonomy of the person and takes into account gender‑ and age‑specific needs.

5. States Parties shall put in place effective legislation and policies, including women‑ and child‑focused legislation and policies, to ensure that instances of exploitation, violence and abuse against persons with disabilities are identified, investigated and, where appropriate, prosecuted.

  Article 17
Protecting the integrity of the person

 Every person with disabilities has a right to respect for his or her physical and mental integrity on an equal basis with others.

  Article 18
Liberty of movement and nationality

1. States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality, on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with disabilities:

 (a) Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability;

         (b) Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to obtain, possess and utilize documentation of their nationality or other documentation of identification, or to utilize relevant processes such as immigration proceedings, that may be needed to facilitate exercise of the right to liberty of movement;

 (c) Are free to leave any country, including their own;

 (d) Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis of disability, of the right to enter their own country.

2. Children with disabilities shall be registered immediately after birth and shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and, as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by their parents.

  Article 19
Living independently and being included in the community

 States Parties to this Convention recognize the equal right of all persons with