Draft white paper on the mainstreaming of the right of persons with disabilities to equality and dignity (National Disability Rights Policy)

The Department of Social Development has published the Draft white paper on the mainstreaming of the right of persons with disabilities to equality and dignity (National Disability Rights Policy) for comment in the South African Government Gazette no. 38471 of 16 February 2015. "The draft White Paper on the Mainstreaming of the Right of Persons with Disabilities to Equality and Dignity, hereafter referred to as The National Disability Rights Policy (NDRP), once approved by Cabinet, will update the White Paper on an Integrated National Disability Strategy (INDS), and will integrate the obligations contained in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) as well as the provisions of the Continental Plan of Action for the African Decade of Persons with Disabilities with South African legislation and policy frameworks and the National Development Plan 2030."