Bias against other groups – People with disabilities

Prejudice against people with disabilities is a belief that people with physical or mental impairments are inferior. People with disabilities face significant physical and social barriers to full participation in society. Lack of access to public transport and other basic services are common experiences, as well as entrenched prejudices that affect chances for employment, friendships and a full family life. Hate crimes against people with disabilities are often characterized by low level crime committed by people known to the victim such as petty theft or damage to mobility aids, escalating to very serious attacks involving torture and even murder.

A limited but growing number of governments provide official data on hate crime against people with disabilities. NGOs also report information on incidents motivated by bias against people with disabilities, as well as against homeless people. There is a low awareness of disability hate crime, and knowledge about how to monitor incidents motivated by hostility against people with disabilities among civil society organizations and the general public. As a result the data in this section is sparse.

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Reports

Italy

This information is based on reports received by the Observatory for Security against Acts of Discrimination (OSCAD) and is included in the SDI database.

International Reports

Georgia

The United Nations Human Rights Council Working Group on the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) published relevant recommendations in its "Report from the Thirty-seventh session: Compilation on Georgia."

OSCE Region

The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights published relevant recommendations in its "Report on Awareness-raising under article 8 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities."

The United Nations General Assembly published relevant recommendations in its resolution on "Inclusive development for and with persons with disabilities."