Rights of the child 2002, para. 25

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[Reaffirming paragraph 29 of its resolution 2000/85,] Calls upon all States to take all necessary measures to ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by children with disabilities and, where necessary, to develop and enforce legislation against their discrimination to ensure dignity, promote self-reliance and facilitate the child's active participation in the community, including adequate and effective access to health care, rehabilitation and education of good quality for children with disabilities and their parents, taking into account the situation of children with disabilities living in poverty;
Legal status
Negotiated soft law
Body
United Nations Commission on Human Rights
Document type
Resolution
Means of adoption
Consensus
Topic(s)
  • Equality & Inclusion
  • Poverty
  • Social & Cultural Rights
Person(s) affected
  • Children
  • Persons with disabilities
Year
2002
Paragraph type
OP
Paragraph focus
Children with disabilities
Paragraph info
OP
Paragraph number
25