Jurisprudence of human rights treaty bodies
(Draft Article 24)

Accronyms:
CESCR: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
HRC (ICCPR): Human Rights Committee
CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CEDAW: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CAT: Committee Against Torture
CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child

Related to Draft Article 24, paragraph 1 (b)

CESCR, General Comment no. 5 (Persons with disabilities), para. 37: The right to full participation in cultural and recreational life for persons with disabilities further requires that communication barriers be eliminated to the greatest extent possible. Useful measures in this regard might include "the use of talking books, papers written in simple language and with clear format and colours for persons with mental disability, [and] adapted television and theatre for deaf persons".

Related to Draft Article 24, paragraph 1 (c)

CESCR, General Comment no. 5 (Persons with disabilities), para. 37: see supra, under (b)

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