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working conditions, including protection from harassment, and the redress of
grievances;

(c) Ensure that persons with disabilities are able to exercise their
labour and trade union rights on an equal basis with others;

(d) Enable persons with disabilities to have effective access to
general technical and vocational guidance programmes, placement services
and vocational and continuing training;

(e) Promote employment opportunities and career advancement for
persons with disabilities in the labour market, as well as assistance in finding,
obtaining, maintaining and returning to employment;

(f) Promote opportunities for self-employment, entrepreneurship, the
development of cooperatives and starting one’s own business;

(g) Employ persons with disabilities in the public sector;

(h) Promote the employment of persons with disabilities in the
private sector through appropriate policies and measures, which may include
affirmative action programmes, incentives and other measures;

(i) Ensure that reasonable accommodation is provided to persons
with disabilities in the workplace;

(j) Promote the acquisition by persons with disabilities of work
experience in the open labour market;

(k) Promote vocational and professional rehabilitation, job retention
and return-to-work programmes for persons with disabilities.

2. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities are not held in
slavery or in servitude, and are protected, on an equal basis with others, from
forced or compulsory labour.

Article 28
Adequate standard of living and social protection

1. States Parties recognize the right of persons with disabilities to an
adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including
adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of
living conditions, and shall take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the
realization of this right without discrimination on the basis of disability.

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