While the ratification of the Convention and its Optional Protocol has proceeded rapidly, knowle...dge on how to implement and monitor them has not kept pace. Conscious of this challenge, my Office has developed this Training Guide on the Convention and its Optional Protocol. It is complemented by eight training modules, designed to inform and empower those who are involved in ratifying, implementing and monitoring the two instruments. While the Training Guide is mainly targeted at facilitators of training courses on the Convention and its Optional Protocol, it acknowledges that each and every one of us has a role to play. I recommend wide dissemination of the training package, and its use by all those who want to embark upon the essential journey towards greater awareness and effective implementation of the rights of persons with disabilities and, ultimately, the building of an inclusive society for all.
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Adopted by the Twenty-sixth Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads ...highlight medbox">of State and Government of the OAU, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia - July 1990
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The adoption and the entry into force of the Convent...ion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and its Optional Protocol challenge such attitudes and mark a profound shift in existing approaches towards disability.
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Children in refugee situations face many potential dangers, such as violence, abuse, exploitation, discrimination, separation from their families, trafficking and military recruitment. The impact ...pan class="attribute-to-highlight medbox">of these experiences can be devastating and long-lasting. Children have different needs from adults and these needs can only be identified and met if they are approached in a way that is specific to children.
The impact of the COVID-19 global pandemic has exacerbated the dangers faced by children in refugee situations and laid bare the need for their protection and for ensuring that all their human rights are upheld all the time.
The goal of this publication is to share examples of approaches by members of the Initiative that have proven effective for children.
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The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health recognises that climate change
is an existential threat to ...medbox">the health and wellbeing of children and young people.
In October 2020, we joined national health and academic alliances to declare
climate change an emergency requiring accelerated collaborative actions. This
position statement summarises our recommendations and activity about
mitigation and adaptation against the impact of climate change on children and
young people around the world.
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In the present study, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human ...attribute-to-highlight medbox">Rights sets forth the standards on equality and non discrimination of persons with disabilities under article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. It aims at providing guidance for implementation of article 5 of the Convention, identifying good practices and making recommendations.
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Towards a policy of inclusion
Paper commissioned for Fixing the Broken Promise of Education for All: Findings from the Global Initiative ...ox">on Out-of-School Children
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The Equal Rights Review Volume 9, pp.117-137
Understanding The UN Convention On The Rights... Of Persons With Disabilities
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In its resolution 34/16, the Human Rights Council decided to focus its next full-day meeting on “Protecting ...edbox">the rights of the child in humanitarian situations” and invited the Office of the High Commissioner to prepare a report on that issue, in close collaboration with relevant stakeholders. The report is to be presented to the Human Rights Council at its thirty-seventh session to inform the annual day of discussion on children’s rights.
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