Zambia: Zambian authorities must implement the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ recommendations

05/04/2024 A range of Zambian organizations of persons with disabilities (OPDs) and other civil society organizations (CSOs) – who early in March this year made submissions to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (the Committee) ahead of its examination of Zambia’s compliance with and implementation of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) – have…

Submission to the Committee on Health, Community Development and Social Services on the Ramification of the Mental Health Bill No. 1 2019

Following the approval of the Mental Health Bill No. 1 of 2019 to be tabled in parliament by the Zambia cabinet ministers. Disability Rights Watch  made a written and oral submission before the Parliamentary Committee on health, Community Development and Social Services on 25th February, 2019. Download the submission FINAL DRW SUBMISSION TO PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND…