The rights of the child 2003, para. 34

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Also calls upon all States to take necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities in both the public and the private spheres, including access to good quality education and health care and protection from violence, abuse and neglect, and to develop and, where it already exists, to enforce legislation to prohibit discrimination against them to ensure their dignity, promote their self-reliance and facilitate their active participation and integration in the community, taking into account the particularly difficult situation of children with disabilities living in poverty;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations General Assembly
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Education
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2003
Paragraph type
OP
Reference
UNGA resolution, The rights of the child (2003), A/RES/58/157, OP 34.
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
34