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Article 17
Protecting the integrity of the person

Every person with disabilities has a right to respect for his or her
physical and mental integrity on an equal basis with others.

Article 18
Liberty of movement and nationality

1. States Parties shall recognize the rights of persons with disabilities to
liberty of movement, to freedom to choose their residence and to a nationality,
on an equal basis with others, including by ensuring that persons with
disabilities:

(a) Have the right to acquire and change a nationality and are not
deprived of their nationality arbitrarily or on the basis of disability;

(b) Are not deprived, on the basis of disability, of their ability to
obtain, possess and utilize documentation of their nationality or other
documentation of identification, or to utilize relevant processes such as
immigration proceedings, that may be needed to facilitate exercise of the right
to liberty of movement;

(c) Are free to leave any country, including their own;

(d) Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis of disability, of the
right to enter their own country.

2. Children with disabilities shall be registered immediately after birth and
shall have the right from birth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and,
as far as possible, the right to know and be cared for by their parents.

Article 19
Living independently and being included in
the community

States Parties to the present Convention recognize the equal right of all
persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others,
and shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment
by persons with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and
participation in the community, including by ensuring that:

(a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose their
place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with
others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement;

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