The CRPD, which was adopted in 2006 after four years of negotiations, is the first human rights Convention of the 21st century, and addresses civil, political, social economic and cultural rights.
Can you believe this? Facts and figures on children with disabilities
Up to 150 million children globally have a disability and the numbers are rising
Children with disabilities are disproportionately likely to live in poverty
50% of children who are deaf and 60% of those with an intellectual impairment are sexually abused
Parents and medical professionals who murder children with disabilities often have reduced sentences and use mercy killing defences – the lives of children with disabilities are not treated as of equal value with others
In some countries 90% of children with disabilities will not survive beyond the age of 20
98% of children with disabilities across the developing world have no access to education
Discrimination in relation to life saving treatments, to health care, to child care services and education is endemic
Access to justice is routinely denied because they are not considered credible witnesses
[Source: Draft version of 'Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities: A guide to using the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities with the Convention on the Rights of the Child,' produced on behalf of the Save the Children Alliance by Sweden and the UK]
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