Monitor Yearly Report 2013

This report presents the most prominent violations that occurred in 2013 against persons with disabilities. It presents violations according to the chapters of the law to highlight the most prominent issues that need intervention. This report shows that there are types of violations that have continued to occur since last year, and that no progress has been made in the area of ​​persons with disabilities’ rights in these areas, such as labor issues and equal opportunities in work and employment, the right to full coverage in hospitalization, the qualified engineering environment, the right to mobility, and the right to integration into the existing educational system. There are some new issues that the Observatory monitored that did not exist in 2012, namely the right to parking spaces for all holders of disability cards, where parking spaces are granted to people with motor disabilities and denied to people with other disabilities. This report includes 197 reports from various Lebanese regions (Bekaa, South, Beirut, Mount Lebanon, and the North). These reports were submitted during 2013 through complaint boxes located in complaint centers of municipalities, social affairs centers, associations, and disability institutions; via the Observatory’s website; and by communicating with the Observatory team; Or through meetings organized by the Observatory in the regions with people with disabilities and their families.