STATISTICAL MONITORING OF THE SITUATION OF THE PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN RUSSIA

Current state policy concerning disabled persons should be based on principles stated in the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. It is impossible to properly analyze compliance with the Convention requirements without statistical monitoring of the situation of persons with disabilities, which allows for full and adequate description of the extent of disability, effectiveness evaluation of public policy measures aimed at ensuring the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. The authors present development directions for the system of indicators corresponding with evaluation of compliance with the specific rights of persons with disabilities with regard to the content of the Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. The paper analyses forms of statistical reporting concerning disability issues and the system of statistical indicators that Rosstat has formed on their basis. It allowed the authors to identify the main indicators describing the situation of disabled people in Russia, and to estimate whether the current system of performance indicators sufficiently cover fundamental tasks aimed at achieving the requirements of the Convention. The paper focuses on the need for monitoring the situation of disabled persons in Russia that allows to assess the effectiveness of legislative initiatives and policy measures on persons with disabilities which were implemented in recent years. The article formulates proposals for closing the gaps in monitoring the information field, argues in favour of more extensive use of statistical reporting, censuses and sample surveys, and in some cases, updating and clarifying forms of statistical reporting.

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