Call for Contributions: UNGA Resolution on the rights of the child (focus on children with disabilities)

Summary: At its sixty-fifth session, the General Assembly requested the Secretary-General to submit a report on the rights of the child containing information on the status of the CRC and the issues addressed in the resolution on the rights of the child, with a focus on the rights of children with disabilities.

Focus of the report

· Non-discrimination and equality

Including institutional arrangements for children with disabilities and how these need to be reinforced; remedies in case of violations; awareness-raising and educational campaign; girls with disabilities.

· Child Protection:

Including sexual (and other) violence against children with disabilities; children with disabilities in mainstream child protection systems and services; deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities; birth registration; Protection from forced sterilization; Children with high level support needs, including, when needed, the right to have a personal assistant; Strengthening national institutions' protection framework/data collection/accountability

· Education/Early Childhood Development:

Including inclusive education and early identification and early intervention

· Health/Nutrition/WASH:

Including access of children with disabilities to prevention and intervention (with support to families)/immunization, water and sanitation, primary health care; access to reproductive services for adolescents with disabilities; HIV and AIDS; social protection systems.

· Emergencies/Humanitarian Action:

Including children with disabilities in refugee situations and other emergency situations.

· Crosscutting issues:

Including inclusion of children with disabilities in MDGs priorities and the Equity Agenda; data collection/M&E instruments for mainstreaming; participation of children and adolescents with disabilities;

Make a contribution

Interested organizations and individuals are invited to submit a contribution (max. 3 pages plus attachments) in electronic format (preferably WORD) on the above mentioned issues or other issues related to children with disabilities, by 20 May 2011.

Where to send Contribution

Please send your contributions, preferably in English or French, to:

Rosangela Berman Bieler
Senior Adviser on Children with Disabilities
Gender, Rights and Civic Engagement Section
Division of Policy & Practice
UNICEF
[email protected]

Nicola Brandt
Human Rights Specialist, Gender and Rights Unit
Division of Policy and Practice
UNICEF
[email protected]