Colombia's courts will have to adapt its facilities to the needs of people with dwarfism after a short-stature employee demanded to have equal rights as his larger colleagues.
Henry Perez, a man of one meter in height, filed the petition because he could not access all information, because of the height of the shelves and was unable to look over the podium to talk to the public; he would have to be one meter fifteen to be able to do that.
The Court admitted that its facilities are not adequate for people of his height and ordered to create a national plan that ensures the rights of equality and access to all kinds of information sources in judicial institutions for small people.
The Court also said that people with dwarfism have a form of handicap for whom the special treatment according to the minority rights should apply.
SanDiegoTRex
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... I just read with interest your story about the Colombian Supreme court granting access to its facilities for little people. I found the photo offensive, however. You chose a two inch tall figure from a comedy? Are you implying that dwarfism is a joke? Or that little people are merely comic figures that do not reserve your respect as human beings? And why do you include this in "Lite" news? It strikes me that any policies that improve citizens' access to information about their government increase transparency and accountability. Do you think that's a joke too? |
