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At its 16th session (Geneva, 22 September - 10 October 1997) the Committee on the Rights of the Child devoted a Day of General Discussion (6 October 1997) to the theme "The Rights of Children with Disabilities". List of background papers and documents submitted for the General Discussion.

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At its 16th session (Geneva, 22 September - 10 October 1997) the Committee on the Rights of the Child devoted a day of general discussion (6 October 1997) to the theme "the rights of children with disabilities ". As for previous thematic discussions, the Committee invited representatives of United Nations organs, bodies and specialized agencies, as well as other competent bodies, including non-governmental organizations, research and academic organizations and individual experts, to contribute to the discussion. Several organizations and individual experts submitted contributions and other relevant documents on this theme. Here you will find a list of these contributions by "other competent bodies" in PDF format.

For further information or other enquiries please contact the Committee on the Rights of the Child - Secretariat, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Palais des Nations - CH-1211 Genève 10 - Switzerland, Phone +41 22 917 9235 or 917 9000, Fax +41 22 917 9022, or email mbustelo.hchr@unog.ch. This report is adapted from Annex IV, List of submitted documents for the Day of General Discussion (6 October 1997) on "The Rights of Children with Disabilities", in "Report of the sixteenth session," CRC/C/69. The report and general recommendations, as well as introduction, agenda, suggested guide, can be read in full on the website of the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

By members of the Committee on the Rights of the Child

Introductory statement by Ms. Nafsiah Mboi

Children with disabilities caused by landmines and ordnance by Mr. Francesco Paolo Fulci

By the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights

General discussion on children with disabilities. Informal background note by the secretariat

Human Rights and Disabled Persons by Mr. Leandro Despouy, Special Rapporteur of the Sub­Commission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.92.XIV.4)

By the Special Rapporteur of the Commission for Social Development on Disability

The convention and the standard rules. Oral statement by Mr. Bengt Linqvist

Government action on disability policy ­ a global survey by Mr. Dimitris Michailakis

By the United Nations Children's Fund

Children and violence in Innocenti Digest No. 2, September 1997

Adolescence and disability. Issue paper for the discussion day

Disabled children. An annotated listing of information sources. Research and Documentation Centre, Geneva Office

By the International Committee of the Red Cross

Statement for the thematic day

By non­governmental organizations, research institutions and individual experts

The right to life and development. Submission to the thematic day by Disabled Peoples' International ­ European Region

Disabled children ­ agendas for research by the School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds (United Kingdom)

Inclusive education ­ a framework for change. National and international perspectives by the Centre for Studies on Inclusive Education

Addressing the needs of children with learning disabilities. Submission by the International School Psychology Association

The rights of the child with disabilities. Contributing remarks from the International Federation of Social Workers

The rights of children with disabilities. Statement by Kesher (information, counselling and support centre in Israel for parents of children with special needs)

Programme on disabled children. Documents submitted by the International Catholic Child Bureau

Children with disabilities. Paper submitted by Christian Children's Fund Commitments to girls with disabilities. Extract from the Platform for Action adopted by the Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, 1995

Document prepared by the Women's Committees of Disabled Peoples' International

Ake's Book by Kristina Lundgren, Bokförlager libris, Orebro, Sweden, 1993

The rights of children with disabilities. How is progress monitored? A review of national and NGO reports to the Committee on the Rights of the Child by Lillemor Andersson Brolin. Commissioned by Rädda Barnen, Sweden

The rights of children with disabilities. Submission by International Save the Children Alliance

As if children matter: Perspectives on children, rights and disabilities. Inclusion International, September 1997

Getting there ­ International update on inclusive education. Inclusion International, November 1997

Towards a society for all children. Report of a conference on disabled children held in October 1996 in Durban, South Africa

International protection of children's right to health: the medical screening of newborns by Sanford J. Fox and Diony Young, Boston College, Third World Law Journal, volume XI, Winter 1991, No. 1

Equality rights of persons with disabilities ­ Canadian and international perspectives by David Lepofsky, in Human Rights in the Twenty­ first Century, a Global Challenge K.E. Mahoney and Paul Mahponey (eds.), Martinus Nijhoff, 1993.

The rights of children with disabilities. Position paper by Bizchut, the Israeli Human Rights Centre for People with Disabilities

Just technology? From principles to practice in bio­ethical issues. Paper by the International League of Societies for Persons with Mental Handicap

Children's health by Beatrice Marzano Trinchese

Previous CRC - Basic Reference Document items

• 06/06/1997: Report on the fifteenth session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child
• 10/12/1996: Report on the thirteenth session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child - General discussion on the Child and the Media - (agenda item 6)
• 31/10/1996: Report on the thirteenth session of the Committee on the rights of the Child
• 30/10/1996: Directives générales concernant la forme et le contenu des rapports initiaux
• 07/10/1996: Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion (7 October 1996) on Children and the Media

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