Disability Discrimination Act (Switzerland)

The Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) (German: Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz, BehiG, French: Loi sur l’égalité pour les handicapés, LHand, Italian: Legge sui disabili, LDis), is a Swiss federal law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities. It also establishes the Federal Bureau for the Equality of Persons with Disabilities.

Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
Federal Assembly of Switzerland
Long title
  • Federal Act on the Elimination of Discrimination against People with Disabilities (SR 151.3)
Territorial extentSwitzerland
Enacted byFederal Assembly of Switzerland
Enacted13 December 2002
Commenced1 January 2004
Status: Current legislation

The law was adopted on 13 December 2002 by the Federal Assembly and came into force on 1 January 2004.

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