Equality and the Prohibition of Discrimination
The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in Georgia rests on a dedicated law. Under its Article 3, the state ensures equality before the law and the realization of rights on an equal basis with others in all spheres of community life. Article 5 prohibits any form of discrimination on the ground of disability and provides that discrimination also includes refusal of reasonable accommodation. The state undertakes all appropriate measures to promote equality through reasonable accommodation, and every person with disability has the right to the inviolability of their physical and mental integrity on an equal basis with others. Together these norms create the legal foundation on which a gap in accessibility ceases to be the personal problem of the excluded person and becomes an obligation of the state, which is the practical meaning of protection in this field.