Documents submitted for the Day of General Discussion (6 October 1997) on Children with Disabilities

Mon, 06 Oct 1997 00:00:00 GMT

From 06/10/1997 to 06/10/1997

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.

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

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