British Virgin Islands

Population Statistics

33,454

Total Population

5,018

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

British Virgin Islands has not yet signed the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


British Virgin Islands Constitution Order (2007)

Updated: June 2015

Article 9 states:

Whereas every person in the Virgin Islands is entitled to the fundamental rights and freedoms of the individual; Whereas those fundamental rights and freedoms are enjoyed without distinction of any kind, such as…disability…

 

Article 26, section 1 states:

In this section, the expressions: (a) ‘discriminatory’ means affording different treatment to different persons on any ground such as…disability…

 

Excerpts from the British Virgin Islands Constitution Order (2007)