Legal Protection on The Rights of Blind Persons in Public Facilities Services in Makassar City

Abstract

The gap between public facilities services for normal people and blind persons in Makassar City, still cannot be fully resolved. Blind persons are seen as a burden oftenly which results in their position that being neglected even more. This study aims to (1) find out the implementation of the Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities in fulfilling the rights of blind persons to public facilities in Makassar City, (2) to find out the strategy of the Government of Makassar City in fulfilling the rights of blind persons to obtain public facilities. This research is normative-empirical, research location in Makassar City. Techniques and data collection through literature and interviews. The results of the study show that (1) the implementation of the Convention on The Rights of Persons with Disabilities in fulfilling the rights of public facilities for blind people in Makassar has not been fully implemented even though there is a Regional Regulation regarding the fulfillment of the rights of blind people, due to the lack of available public facilities. 2) the strategy of the Government of Makassar City in fulfilling the rights of blind persons in obtaining public facilities is to provide friendly facilities for blind persons such as guiding blocks on sidewalks.