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The Forum for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

In 1986, the issue of disability brought together a group of people with disabilities and their friends, who believed that a decent and dignified life is the right of every human being, and that the rule of rights and duties should prevail. Accordingly, the forum began its human rights journey to demand that people with disabilities be given what is rightfully theirs. The forum has adopted a set of goals and means that ensure the inclusion of people with disabilities in society. The forum chose to correct everyone’s perception of people with disabilities, and not to deal with them based on pity, but rather on the basis that they are a natural part of any society with rights and duties. For this reason, the Forum worked on the promulgation of Law 220/2000 on the rights of persons with disabilities in Lebanon, which was approved by the Parliament in 2000. This law, which the Forum considers itself responsible for pushing for the issuance of its executive decrees, is one of the most prominent victories of the Forum’s long journey.