Palau

Population Statistics

21,265

Total Population

3,190

Population with a disability

according to World Health Organization’s 15% estimate

Election Dates

11 June 2013

Ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities


Constitution of the Republic of Palau (1979, last amended 2004)

Updated: June 2015

Article IV, section 5 states:

Every person shall be equal under the law and shall be entitled to equal protection. The government shall take no action to discriminate against any person on the basis of...physically or mentally handicapped, and other similar groups, and in matters concerning intestate succession and domestic relations. No person shall be treated unfairly in legislative or executive investigations.

 

Excerpt from the Constitution of the Republic of Palau (1979, last amended 2004)