CRIN updates on the Middle East and North Africa regional consultation on children and the new UN disability Convention, held from 29-31st October, in Sana'a, Yemen: Day 1 - Day 2 - Day 3. The consultation was organised by Save the Children UK, Save the Children Sweden and regional partners.
Pictures drawn by children at the consultation. See more here.
to school" affect me and what goes on in the world."
Read children's recommendations for putting the Convention into action here.
Read CRIN chats with Muna, Waheeb, and Jihad, children from Yemen who took part in the event. Read other quotes from children here.
People with disabilities have argued for many years that disability is a human rights, not a welfare issue. Their arguments were finally accepted when the UN, in 2001, agreed to set up an Ad Hoc Committee to consider proposals for a new human rights Convention to address the rights of people with disabilities.
The aim of the Convention is not to create new human rights standards. All the rights embodied in the existing human rights treaties apply equally to people with disabilities. The problem lies in their implementation. People with disabilities, for example, are widely denied equal civil rights, rights to family life, recognition of legal capacity and are disproportionately vulnerable to both physical and sexual violence.
Yet any review of the government reports on implementation of the two international Covenants reveals a virtual total absence of any acknowledgement of how the rights of people with disabilities are being realised. Accordingly, the aim of the new Convention is to introduce obligations on governments to implement existing human rights for people with disabilities on an equal basis with non-disabled people.
This page provides information and regular news updates on the status of negotiations on the drafting of the Convention and the work of the Ad Hoc Committee.
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