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Senator Floyd Morris made this call while delivering the keynote address at a virtual lecture and panel discussion to mark Human Rights Day 2020.
The newly elected member of the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Senator Dr Floyd Morris is calling on the Government of Jamaica to speed up implementation of the Disabilities Act (2014) to ensure that the rights of persons with disabilities (PWDs) are protected.
While acknowledging that work is ongoing to complete the relevant regulations and codes of practice to guide implementation of the law, he said a consistent and aggressive public education programme must precede its roll-out to help Jamaicans accept and understand that persons with disabilities have the same fundamental rights as other citizens.