Overview /
Country / Micronesia (Federated States of) /
1/ Background Statistics
Human development index rank / 1031
GNI per capita (PPP in US$) / 3,266 1, a
Life expectancy at birth (years) / 69.0 1
Mean years of schooling (years) / 8.8 1, b
Expected years of schooling (years) / 11.7 1, c
Total population / 111,0002
2/ Disability Statistics
Population of persons with disabilities / ..
Proportion of persons with disabilities to total population / ..
Employment rate of persons with disabilities / ..
Access to education / ..
3/Definitions
Definition of disability / ..
Definition of persons with disabilities / ..
Categories of impairment / ..
4/ Commitment to International Instruments on Disability
Ratification or signatory of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), and its Optional Protocol / Signed Convention on 23 September 2011 3
Ratification of ILO Convention 159 / No 4
Ratification or signatory of the Convention on Cluster Munitions / No5
Ratification or signatory of the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction / No6
5/Legal Framework
Constitutional provisions / ..
Disability-specific laws
Comprehensive / ..
Sectoral / Cover:
Disability-inclusive laws / ..
6/Policy Framework
Disability-specific policies
Comprehensive / ..
Sectoral / ..
Disability-inclusive / ..
7/Institutional Framework
The national coordination mechanism or disability focal point / ..

Sources:

1.  United Nations Development Programme (2010). Human Development Report 2010 (New York, UNDP).

2.  United Nations (2011).World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, accessed from http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm on 27 July 2011.

3.  United Nations (2011). “Convention and Optional Protocol Signatures and Ratifications”, on the United Nations Enable website, accessed from www.un.org/disabilities/countries.asp?navid=12&pid=166on 17 October 2011.

4.  International Labour Organization (2011). “Convention No. C 159”, accessed fromwww.ilo.org/ilolex/cgi-lex/ratifce.pl?C159on 17 October 2011.

5.  Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) (2008). “Ratifications and Signatures”, accessed from www.clusterconvention.org/ratifications-and-signatureson 17 October 2011.

6.  Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction (1997). “State Parties and Signatories”, accessed from www.unog.ch/80256EE600585943/(httpPages)/6E65F97C9D695724C12571C0003D09EF?OpenDocument on 17 October 2011.

Notes:

a.  Based on the growth rate of GDP per capita in PPP US dollars for Fiji from IMF (2010).

b.  Refers to an earlier year than that specified. Based on data on years of schooling of adults from household surveys in the World Bank’s International Income Distribution Database.

c.  Refers to primary and secondary education only from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2010).

Comprehensive

1.Definitions

a) Disability

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b) Persons with disabilities

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c) Categories of impairment

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2.Legal framework

a) Constitutional provisions

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b) Disability-specific laws and regulations

i. Comprehensive disability-specific laws and regulations

·  Judicial Procedure, Mental Illness

[English]

ii. Sectoral disability-specific laws and regulations

c) Disability-inclusive laws and regulations

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3.Policies and plans

a) Disability-specific policies and plans

i. Comprehensive disability-specific policies and plans

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ii. Sectoral disability-specific policies and plans

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b) Disability-inclusive policies and plans

·  National Policy on Disability

[English]

4.Institutional framework and Government focal point

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5. Useful links

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6. References

Micronesia (Federated States of) (1999) Judicial Procedure (Title 6, Ch. 18), Code of Federated States of Micronesia, accessed from www.paclii.org/fm/legis/consol_act/jpmi299/ on 27 July 2011.

Last updated: 17 October 2011.