EUROPEAN UNION: Child rights website launched

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 There are around one million children with intellectual disabilities throughout the European Union. These children often find themselves subject to discrimination and exclusion from society, and are frequently denied the right to good quality education, healthcare, recreation and services. In many cases, their families are also subject to discrimination and are denied access to adequate financial and emotional support.

This project, funded by the European Commission, aims to promote the rights of children with intellectual disabilities across the European Union. Led by Inclusion Europe, Eurochild and Charles University in Prague, the project began in December 2009. Over a period of two years, it will analyse the implementation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child from the perspective of children with intellectual disabilities, by conducting research throughout the 27 Member States of the European Union.

Inclusion Europe is looking for one national expert of each Member State to help conduct research throughout the 27 Member States of the EU concerning the implementation of the CRC from the perspective of children with intellectual disabilities,

Further information

pdf: http://www.childrights4all.eu/

Organisation: 
Inclusion Europe
Articles: 
Article 2: Non-discrimination
Attachment Link: 
http://www.childrights4all.eu/

Countries

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