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The rights of the child 1999, para. VII.2
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- 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 to develop and enforce legislation against their discrimination;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 1999
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2
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- 2. In all actions concerning children with disabilities, the best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 5
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- 5. The provisions of the present Convention shall extend to all parts of federal states without any limitations or exceptions.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. n
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- (n) Recognizing the importance for persons with disabilities of their individual autonomy and independence, including the freedom to make their own choices,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. j
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- (j) Recognizing the need to promote and protect the human rights of all persons with disabilities, including those who require more intensive support,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. h
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- (h) Recognizing also that discrimination against any person on the basis of disability is a violation of the inherent dignity and worth of the human person,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 5
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- 5. Reports may indicate factors and difficulties affecting the degree of fulfilment of obligations under the present Convention.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2003, para. 35
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- Encourages the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities to consider the issue of children with disabilities in its deliberations;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2003
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 1
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- 1. States Parties reaffirm that persons with disabilities have the right to recognition everywhere as persons before the law.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Inclusive development for persons with disabilities 2016, para. 20
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- Welcomes the contributions made to the trust fund for the United Nations Partnership to Promote the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and in this regard encourages Member States and other stakeholders to support its objectives, including by providing voluntary contributions;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2016
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2015, para. 19
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- Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment by girls with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms, on an equal basis with other children, and to adopt, implement and strengthen appropriate policies and programmes designed to address their needs;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2015
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The rights of the child 2011, para. 35
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- Reaffirms that the eradication of poverty is essential to the achievement of all Millennium Development Goals and to the full realization of the rights of all children, including those with disabilities, and also reaffirms resolution 65/1 of 22 September 2010;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Poverty
- Social & Cultural Rights
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The girl child 2011, para. 23
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- Urges States to take all measures necessary to ensure the full enjoyment by girls with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children, and to adopt, implement and strengthen appropriate policies and programmes designed to address their needs;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2011
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 2006, para. 32
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- Encourages the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities to continue to consider the issue of children with disabilities in its deliberations;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The rights of the child 2004, para. 32
- Paragraph text
- Encourages the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities to continue to consider the issue of children with disabilities in its deliberations;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2004
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The rights of the child 2002, para. III.10
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- Encourages the Ad Hoc Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral International Convention on Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with Disabilities to consider the issue of children with disabilities in its deliberations;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2002
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
The rights of the child 1998, para. II.3
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- 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 to develop and enforce legislation against discrimination against children with disabilities;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 1998
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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The rights of the child 1997, para. II.2
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- 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 to develop and enforce legislation against discrimination against children with disabilities;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Children
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 1997
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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Towards full integration of persons with disabilities in society: implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities and of the Long-term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerni ... 1995, para. 8
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- Encourages the Secretary-General, the Department for Policy Coordination and Sustainable Development of the Secretariat and the United Nations organizations concerned, particularly the United Nations Development Programme, to continue their efforts to facilitate the collection and transmission of relevant data to be used to finalize, in consultation with Member States, the development of global disability indicators, and requests the Secretary-General to submit a report on this question to the General Assembly at its fifty-second session.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- Resolution
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 1995
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 1
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- 1. The present Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2
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- 2. References to "States Parties" in the present Convention shall apply to such organizations within the limits of their competence.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. undefined
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- The present Convention shall be open for signature by all States and by regional integration organizations at United Nations Headquarters in New York as of 30 March 2007.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 1
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- 1. Each State Party shall cooperate with the Committee and assist its members in the fulfilment of their mandate.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2
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- 2. Thereafter, States Parties shall submit subsequent reports at least every four years and further whenever the Committee so requests.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2
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- 2. The provisions of this article are without prejudice to the obligations of each State Party to fulfil its obligations under the present Convention.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2
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- 2. States Parties shall protect the privacy of personal, health and rehabilitation information of persons with disabilities on an equal basis with others.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Health
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 1a
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- [1. States Parties shall ensure that persons with disabilities, on an equal basis with others:] (a) Enjoy the right to liberty and security of person;
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. 2
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- 2. States Parties shall recognize that persons with disabilities enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life.
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. s
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- (s) Emphasizing the need to incorporate a gender perspective in all efforts to promote the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms by persons with disabilities,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Gender
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Person(s) affected
- Persons with disabilities
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
Paragraph
CRPD - Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2006, para. q
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- (q) Recognizing that women and girls with disabilities are often at greater risk, both within and outside the of violence, injury or abuse, neglect or negligent treatment, maltreatment or exploitation,
- Body
- United Nations General Assembly
- Document type
- International treaty
- Topic(s)
- Equality & Inclusion
- Governance & Rule of Law
- Violence
- Person(s) affected
- Girls
- Persons with disabilities
- Women
- Year
- 2006
- Date added
- Aug 19, 2019
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