Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities

Article 3 of the Organization of American States' Inter-American Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities states:

To achieve the objectives of this Convention, the states parties undertake:

(1) To adopt the legislative, social, educational, labor-related, or any other measures needed to eliminate discrimination against persons with disabilities and to promote their full integration into society, including, but not limited to:

(a) Measures to eliminate discrimination gradually and to promote integration by government authorities and/or private entities in providing or making available goods, services, facilities, programs, and activities such as employment, transportation, communications, housing, recreation, education, sports, law enforcement and administration of justice, and political and administrative activities…