Algeria
Date of signature: Not signed 
Date of ratification: Not ratified 
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law No. 02-09 of May 8, 2002, on the Protection and Promotion of Persons with Disabilities
Angola
Date of signature: 17/06/2020 
Date of ratification: 12/04/2022 
Date deposited: 14/06/2022 
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disability Law No 21 of 30 July 2012
Benin
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law No. 02-09 of May 8, 2002, on the Protection and Promotion of Persons with Disabilities
Botswana
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Act 6 Of 2024 — Persons With Disability Act (inoperative)
Burkina Faso
Date of signature: 17/01/2019
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Burundi
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: 28/04/2022
Date deposited: 04/07/2022
Disability-specific legislation
Act No. 1/03 of 10 January 2018 on the promotion and protection of the rights of persons with disabilities
Cameroon
Date of signature: 05/02/2020
Date of ratification: 06/06/2022
Date deposited: 14/09/2023
Disability-specific legislation
Law No. 2010/002 of April 13, 2010, on the Protection and Promotion of Persons with Disabilities
Decree No. 2018/6233 fixing the procedures for the application of Law N° 2010/002 of 13 April 2010 on the protection and promotion of persons with disabilities
Central African Republic
Date of signature: 02/10/2018
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Cape Verde
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law 2005-102, of 11 February 2005
Chad
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Loi N°07-007 2007-05-09 PR Portant Protection des Personnes Handicapées
Côte d’Ivoire
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Loi N° 98-594 of 10 November 1998, on Orientation Act in favour of Disabled Persons
Comoros
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law n° 95-013 of 24 June 1995 on the protection of persons with disabilities
Law n° 14-037 of 22 December 2014 on the protection and promotion of the rights of persons with disabilities
Congo
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: 17/07/2023
Date deposited: 04/03/2024
Disability-specific legislation
Law No. 009/92 (1992)
Djibouti
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Loi N° 15/AN/18/8ème L portant création de l'Agence Nationale des Personnes Handicapées
Democratic Republic of Congo
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Egypt
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law no. 10 for year 2018 on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Equatorial Guinea
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Eritrea
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Eswatini
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disability Act 2018
Ethiopia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Proclamation 568/2008 Concerning the Rights of Disabled Persons to Employment
Gabon
Date of signature: 05/07/2019
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Loi 19/95 du 13 février 1996 portant Protection sociale des Personnes handicapées
The Gambia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons With Disabilities Act, 2021
Ghana
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disability Act, 2006 (Act 715)
Guinea-Bissau
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Guinea
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Kenya
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: 15/11/2021
Date deposited: 04/02/2022
Disability-specific legislation
Persons With Disabilities Act No. 14 of 2003
Persons with disabilities bill, 2017
Lesotho
Date of signature: 16/02 2024
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disability Equity Act 2 of 2021
Libya
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law no. 3 of 1981 on Disabled Persons
Liberia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Madagascar
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Mali
Date of signature: 01/06/2020
Date of ratification: 18/02/2021
Date deposited: 10/05/2021
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Malawi
Date of signature: 06/02/2022
Date of ratification: 12/06/2023
Date deposited: 20/12/2023
Disability-specific legislation
Act No. 8 of 2012. Persons with Disabilities Act, July 10, 2012
Persons with Disabilities Bill, 2019
Morocco
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law No 5-81 (on the welfare of the blind and visually impaired) 06 May 1982 (Arabic)
Law No 07-92 (on the social protections of people with disabilities) 10 Sept 1993 (Arabic)
Mozambique
Date of signature: 06/11/2020
Date of ratification: 12/05/2022
Date deposited: 23/01/2023
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Mauritania
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Mauritius
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law No. XXIII of 2023, Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (BILL)
Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Act
Namibia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: 16/05/2023
Date deposited: 05/06/2023
Disability-specific legislation
No. 26 of 2004: National Disability Council Act, 2004
Nigeria
Date of signature: 13/02/2023
Date of ratification: 19/10/2023
Date deposited: 23/01/2024
Disability-specific legislation
Discrimination Against Persons with Disabilities (Prohibition) Act 2018
Niger
Date of signature: 27/05/2022
Date of ratification: 24/01/2023
Date deposited: 27/03/2023
Disability-specific legislation
Ordinance No. 93-012 of 2 March 1993
Ordinance No. 2010-028 of 20 May 2010
Rwanda
Date of signature: 21/10/2019
Date of ratification: 11/01/2022
Date deposited: 09/02/2022
Disability-specific legislation
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: 21/09/2023
Date deposited: 27/10/2023
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Sao Tome & Principe
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Senegal
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Social orientation law no.2010-15 of July 6, 2010 (FR)
Seychelles
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Sierra Leone
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disability Act, 2011
Somalia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
South Africa
Date of signature: 29/04/2019
Date of ratification: 01/02/2023
Date deposited: 06/03/2023
Disability-specific legislation
Disability Rights Charter of South Africa
Code of Good Practice: Key Aspects on the Employment of People with Disabilities
South Sudan
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
N/A
Sudan
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disabilities Act of 2009
Tanzania
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disabilities Act, 2010
Togo
Date of signature: 22/05/2019
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Act No. 2004-005 of 23 April 2004 on the social protection of disabled persons (FR)
Tunisia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Law No. 83 of 15 August 2005 on the advancement and protection of persons with disabilities
Uganda
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: 30/08/2023
Date deposited: 11/10/2023
Disability-specific legislation
Persons with Disabilities Act (2006)
Persons With Disabilities Bill (2018)
National Council for Disability Act (2003)
Zambia
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
The Persons with Disabilities Act No. 6 of 2012
Zimbabwe
Date of signature: Not signed
Date of ratification: Not ratified
Date deposited: N/A
Disability-specific legislation
Disabled Persons Act [Chapter 17:01]
