Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD):
"Yes/No (Year of Ratification)"
- Yes (2007)
Law on persons with disabilities
- The National Disability Council Act, 2004 (Act No. 26 0f 2004)
Additional Laws and Policies relevant to Disability Inclusion
- The National Policy on Disability (1997)
- Affirmative Action (Employment), Act, 1998 (Act No. 29 of 1998)
- Child Care and Protection Act, 2015 (Act No. 3 of 2015)
- Communal Land Reform Act, 2002 (Act No. 5 of 2002)
- Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977)
- Decentralisation Policy
- Education Act, 2001 (Act No. 16 of 2001)
- Education Sector Policy on Orphans and Vulnerable Children (2008)
- Educational Sector Policy on HIV/AIDS
- Electoral Act, 2014 (Act No. 5 of 2014)
- Guidelines on Mobile Orthopaedic Technical Services (2015)
- Labour Act, 2007 (Act No. 11 of 2007)
- Mental Health Act, 1973 (Act No. 18 of 1973)
- Mental Health Policy (2013)
- Namibian Qualifications Authority Act, 1996 (Act No. 29 of 1996)
- National Policy on Disability (1997)
- National Policy on Special Needs and Inclusive Education (2008)
- National Policy Options on the Educationally Marginalized Children (2002)
- National Youth Council Act, 2009 (Act No. 3 of 2009)
- Policy on Orthopaedic Technical Services (2001)
- Sector Policy on Inclusive Education (2013)
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