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Title: David Parker Deputy Director, UNICEF IRC Florence, Italy dparker@unicef.org


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David ParkerDeputy Director, UNICEF
IRCFlorence, Italydparker_at_unicef.org
  • Protecting the Rights
  • of Children with Disabilities

Council of Europe, Swedish Presidency /Nordic
Council of Ministers European ConferenceProtectin
g and Promoting the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities in EuropeTowards full
participation, inclusion and empowerment Strasbour
g, 29-30 October 2008
2
Priority on children with disabilities
  • In the formative stages of their life-course
  • Labels and identities given in childhood are of
    profound significance
  • Potential gains from early attention
  • Additional dimension of complexities of
    adolescence
  • Linkages to other human rights instruments

3
Heckman curve Returns to human capital investment
Source James Heckman (Carneiro Heckman, 2003)
4
Barriers to inclusion
  • Social model of disability obstacles in the
    environment
  • Policies and regulations
  • Physical barriers
  • Social barriers and stigma
  • Attitudes and self-fulfilling expectations
  • Poverty as a cause and a consequence of disability

5
Children in institutions
  • Ongoing policy and programmatic reflections on
    institutional care
  • Isolation from families and community life
  • Developmental delays and often limited
    availability of care
  • Particular problems of adolescents
  • Strong advances toward community-based care
  • Fostering and other alternative models
  • Assessment - opportunity

6
Rights of children with disabilities
  • Existing provisions in the CRC
  • Key principle of non-discrimination
  • Provisions especially in education and social
    welfare to the fullest social inclusion
  • Limitations on how other rights have been taken
    up for children with disabilities
  • Consultation in CRPD development with
    organizations of children with disabilities

7
The CRPD and children
  • Full enjoyment of human rights on equal basis
  • General principles of the CRPD applying to all
    persons
  • Article 3 (h) Respect for the evolving
    capacities of children with disabilities and
    respect for the right of children with
    disabilities to preserve their identities
  • Article 6 recognizing the particular situation
    of girls with disabilities

8
The CRPD and children (cont)
  • Article 7 Children with disabilities
  • Enjoyment of rights on an equal basis with other
    children
  • The best interests of the child
  • The right to express views and have them taken
    seriously
  • Other rights in the Convention
  • Access to justice
  • Age-sensitive assistance for protection against
    violence abuse
  • Registration immediately after birth
  • Right to family life
  • Inclusive education, including all necessary
    support and aids
  • Play, recreation, leisure and sporting activities

9
Einstein
  • We cannot solve problems with the same kind of
    thinking that created them.

10
Actions at national level
  1. Review of legislation
  2. Effective remedies in case of violations
  3. A cross-sectoral plan of action
  4. Focal points and interministerial coordination
  5. Independent monitoring mechanisms (e.g., ombuds)

11
Actions at national level (cont)
  1. Resource allocation to and for children and their
    families
  2. Promote alternatives to institutionalization
  3. Awareness-raising of the public
  4. Community services and support
  5. Centrality of organizations of persons with
    disabilities

12
The international level
  • United Nations system processes
  • Committee on the Rights of Persons with
    Disabilities
  • Support to national level actions including
    advocacy
  • Programme cooperation in some European countries
  • Roles of multilateral bilateral agencies, INGOs
  • Close cooperation with national and regional
    partners

13
Principles of inclusion
  • Consulting with and listening to children and
    families
  • Integrated and life-cycle approach
  • Working with parents and families, and all
    stakeholders
  • Building on current momentum

14
  • Thank you
  • www.unicef-irc.org
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