Development of Law on Protection from Disability-Based Discrimination in Russia

Abstract

The article describes and analyses current law on protection from disability-based discrimination in Russia. Amendments in the national legislation were adopted in accordance with the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities ratified in 2012. Prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of disability is included into the law. However, the development of the mechanisms of protection of the right not to be discriminated against has only just started. While a special anti-discrimination law is not yet devised, legal actors have to apply the existing legal provisions which do not cover all aspects of protection from disability-based discrimination.