4.
Persons with disabilities shall be entitled, on an equal basis with others,
to recognition and support of their specific cultural and linguistic identity,
including sign languages and deaf culture.
5.
With a view to enabling persons with disabilities to participate on an
equal basis with others in recreational, leisure and sporting activities, States
Parties shall take appropriate measures:
(a)
To encourage and promote the participation, to the fullest extent
possible, of persons with disabilities in mainstream sporting activities at all
levels;
(b)
To ensure that persons with disabilities have an opportunity to
organize, develop and participate in disability-specific sporting and
recreational activities and, to this end, encourage the provision, on an equal
basis with others, of appropriate instruction, training and resources;
(c)
To ensure that persons with disabilities have access to sporting,
recreational and tourism venues;
(d)
To ensure that children with disabilities have equal access with
other children to participation in play, recreation and leisure and sporting
activities, including those activities in the school system;
(e)
To ensure that persons with disabilities have access to services
from those involved in the organization of recreational, tourism, leisure and
sporting activities.
Article 31
Statistics and data collection
1.
States Parties undertake to collect appropriate information, including
statistical and research data, to enable them to formulate and implement
policies to give effect to the present Convention. The process of collecting and
maintaining this information shall:
(a)
Comply with legally established safeguards, including legislation
on data protection, to ensure confidentiality and respect for the privacy of
persons with disabilities;
(b)
Comply with internationally accepted norms to protect human
rights and fundamental freedoms and ethical principles in the collection and
use of statistics.
2.
The information collected in accordance with this article shall be
disaggregated, as appropriate, and used to help assess the implementation of
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