CRPD/C/PER/CO/1 Work and employment (art. 27) 40. While taking note with appreciation of the State party’s efforts to increase the level of employment of persons with disabilities, in particular the Supreme Decree No. 0272007-PCM which requires institutions within the public sector to have at least 3 per cent of the total workforce composed of workers with disabilities, the Committee remains concerned at the high rate of unemployment and underemployment of persons with disabilities that, according to the State party’s response to the list of issues, go up to nearly 60 per cent and 35.3 per cent respectively. 41. The Committee urges the State party to develop new policies that promote the inclusion of persons with disabilities in the labour market which could include tax incentives for companies and persons who employ persons with disabilities, the recruitment of persons with disabilities in public administration and the development of self-employment programmes. The Committee further recommends that the State party adopt educational programmes to capacitate persons with disabilities in order to include them in the labour market. 42. The Committee appreciates the State party’s concern with the widespread poverty of persons with disabilities. 43. The Committee urges the State party to address the negative impact of poverty by mainstreaming disability inclusive socio-economic development. Participation in political and public life (art. 29) 44. The Committee commends the State party for issuing a resolution in October 2011 that nullified previous policies excluding persons with certain psychosocial and intellectual disabilities from the electoral rolls, as well as for updating the National Identity and Civil Status Registry (RENIEC) accordingly. However, the Committee remains concerned at: (a) The fact that persons with disabilities, who have been judicially interdicted, remain ineligible to vote and that the names of those excluded from the national voter registry have not yet been fully restored; (b) The lack of information on measures taken in order to inform the persons with disabilities on the above-mentioned developments and prevent such violations from happening in the future; (c) Numerous cases of persons in institutions who have not been able to exercise their right to vote because they lack identity documents or because of the interdiction to leave the institution, absence of special assistance or the distance from the polling station. 45. The Committee recommends that the State party (a) Restore voting rights to all people with disabilities who are excluded from the national voter registry, including people with disabilities subject to judicial interdiction; (b) Reach out to vulnerable individuals and protect people with disabilities from such violations in the future, including through relevant training. (c) Guarantee the right to vote of people with disabilities in institutions, by ensuring that they are physically permitted to go to assigned polling stations and have the support required to do so, or to permit alternative options. 7