---
title: "Disability Rights"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/international-law-en/disability-rights-en"
field: "International Law"
description: "Protection of disability rights under Georgian law: non-discrimination, habilitation, rehabilitation and social protection. Legal.ge."
reviewed: "2026-07-09"
updated: "2026-10-24"
publisher: "legal.ge"
---

# Disability Rights

> Source: legal.ge, https://legal.ge/en/service/international-law-en/disability-rights-en

## 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.

The full text is available on legal.ge after signing in: https://legal.ge/en/service/international-law-en/disability-rights-en

### Does the protection extend to women?

Yes. The state ensures the realization of the rights of women and girls with disabilities on an equal basis with other women, including access to reproductive health care.

### What happens if a family cannot care for a child?

The state organizes alternative care within the wider family circle, considering the child's cultural and linguistic affiliation.

### What does accessibility of health care mean?

Access to institutions, the introduction of relevant standards, and preventive, early diagnosis and rehabilitation services.

### What is the goal of social protection?

Creating adequate living conditions and implementing programmes directed at the elimination of poverty.