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44 New UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Implications for ECCD Article 28: Adequate standard of living and social protection 1. States parties recognise the right of persons with disabilities to an adequate standard of living for themselves and their families, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions, and shall take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the realisation of this right without discrimination on the basis of disability. 2. States parties recognise the right of persons with disabilities to social protection and to the enjoyment of that right without discrimination on the basis of disability, and shall take appropriate steps to safeguard and promote the realisation of this right, including measures: (a) To ensure equal access by persons with disabilities to clean water services, and to ensure access to appropriate and affordable services, devices and other assistance for disability-related needs. (b) To ensure access by persons with disabilities, in particular women and girls with disabilities and older persons with disabilities, to social protection programmes and poverty reduction programmes. (c) To ensure access by persons with disabilities and their families living in situations of poverty to assistance from the State with disability-related expenses, including adequate training, counselling, financial assistance and respite care. Article 30: Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure and sport 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: (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. ANNEX 2 Human rights instruments and high-level decisions reinforcing the rights of persons with disabilities Complementing the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the following texts and international events specifically address the rights of persons with disabilities: 1971 Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons stipulates that a person with an intellectual impairment is accorded the same rights as any other person 1975 Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons proclaims the equal civil and political rights of all disabled persons and sets standards for equal treatment and access to services 1981 International Year of Disabled Persons (United Nations) 1982 World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons 1983−1992 International Decade of Disabled Persons (United Nations) 1990 World Declaration on Education for All and Framework for Action to Meet Basic Learning Needs adopted at the World Conference on Education for All in Jomtien, Thailand in March 1990, promotes “equal access to education to every category of disabled persons as an integral part of the education system” 1993 United Nations Standard Rules on the Equalisation of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities provide detailed guidelines for policy development and implementation 1993−2002 Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons COORDINATORS’ NOTEBOOK: ISSUE 29
New UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Implications for ECCD 45 1994 Salamanca Statement and the Framework for Action on Special Needs Education. Adopted by the UNESCO World Conference on Special Needs Education: Access and Quality, Salamanca, Spain, 7-10 June 1994. Adopted by 92 governments and over 25 international organizations, putting the principle of inclusion on the educational agenda worldwide 1995 World Summit for Social Development, Copenhagen Declaration and Programme of Action calls upon governments to ensure equal educational opportunities at all levels for disabled children, youth and adults, in integrated settings 1998 Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Commission on Human Rights Resolution 1998/31 2000 World Education Forum, Dakar, Statement and Framework for Action established attainable and affordable educational goals, including the goals of ensuring that by 2015 all children of primary age have better access to complete free schooling of an acceptable quality, that gender disparities in schooling are eliminated and that all aspects of educational quality are improved 2000 Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Commission on Human Rights Resolution 2000/51 2001−2009 African Decade of Disabled Persons 2002 UN General Assembly Resolution on The Rights of the Child, following the World Summit on Children, calls upon States to take all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities, and to develop and enforce legislation against their discrimination, so as to ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child’s active participation in the community, including effective access to educational and health services 2002 ’A World Fit for Children,’ outcome document of the UN General Assembly Special Session on Children, makes clear reference to the rights of children with disabilities, especially regarding protection from discrimination, full access to services, and access to proper treatment and care, as well as the promotion of family-based care and appropriate support systems for families 2003−2012 Second Asian and Pacific Decade of Disabled Persons 2004−2013 Arab Decade of Disabled Persons 2006 UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006−2016 Inter-American Decade of Disabled Persons References 1 UNICEF – Innocenti Research Centre, “Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities,” Innocenti Digest No. 13, 2007. 2 United Nations website (United Nations Enable Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities), 8 January 2008, http://www.un.org/disabilities. 3 Declaration of the World Fit for Children, adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 27th special session, 10 May, 2002. 4 World Fit for Children – Plan of Action, Section A; Creating a World Fit for Children, adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 27th special session, 10 May, 2002. 5 World Fit for Children – Plan of Action, Section A; Creating a World Fit for Children, adopted by the UN General Assembly at the 27th special session, 10 May, 2002. 6 Rehabilitation International – UNICEF, One-in- Ten RI/UNICEF publication, “Early Intervention for Children with Disabilities,” Volume 20, 1999. 7 Consultative Group on Early Childhood Care and Development (CGECCD), Draft Handout – Cornerstone 1: Pregnancy to Age Three (Section – “Why invest in the beginning of life?”), 2007. 8 UNICEF – Innocenti Research Centre, “Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities,” Innocenti Digest No. 13, 2007. 9 UNICEF – Innocenti Research Centre, “Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities,” Innocenti Digest No. 13, 2007. 10 UNICEF – Innocenti Research Centre, “Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities,” Innocenti Digest No. 13, 2007. COORDINATORS’ NOTEBOOK: ISSUE 29
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