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Article
7 - Children with disabilities
Background Documents | Article
7 Background
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Working Group | References
References
International
human rights conventions and other legal instruments
• ICESCR:
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
• ICCPR: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
• CERD: Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• CEDAW: Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination
against Women
• CAT: Convention Against Torture
• CRC: Convention on the Rights of the Child
• ILO Convention 159: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(Disabled Persons)
• ILO Recommendation 168: Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment
(Disabled Persons)
Related to Draft Article 16, paragraph 1
CRC, Article 2(1): States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth
in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination
of any kind, irrespective of the child's or his or her parent's or legal guardian's
race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national,
ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.
Related to Draft Article 16, paragraph 2
CRC, Article 23(1): States Parties recognize that a mentally or physically disabled
child should enjoy a full and decent life, in conditions which ensure dignity,
promote self-reliance and facilitate the child's active participation in the
community.
Related to Draft Article 16, paragraph 3
CRC, Article 23(2): States Parties recognize the right of the disabled child
to special care and shall encourage and ensure the extension, subject to available
resources, to the eligible child and those responsible for his or her care,
of assistance for which application is made and which is appropriate to the
child's condition and to the circumstances of the parents or others caring for
the child.
Related to Draft Article 16, paragraph 4
CRC, Article 23(3): Recognizing the special needs of a disabled child, assistance
extended in accordance with paragraph 2 of the present article shall be provided
free of charge, whenever possible, taking into account the financial resources
of the parents or others caring for the child, and shall be designed to ensure
that the disabled child has effective access to and receives education, training,
health care services, rehabilitation services, preparation for employment and
recreation opportunities in a manner conducive to the child's achieving the
fullest possible social integration and individual development, including his
or her cultural and spiritual development.