Protection of the family: role of the family in supporting the protection and promotion of human rights of persons with disabilities 2016, para. 5
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Recognizes the positive impact that policies and measures to protect the family can have on protecting and promoting the human rights of its members, and can contribute to, inter alia, promoting human rights for persons with disabilities, decreasing drop-out rates from educational institutions and inclusion in schools, achieving equality between women and men and girls and boys, empowering women and girls and enhancing protection against violence, abuses, sexual exploitation, the worst forms of child labour, and harmful practices, while bearing in mind that violations and abuses of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of family members adversely affect families and have a negative impact on efforts aimed at protecting the family;