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International Law on the Rights of Children with Disabilities

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Many states, including African states, are party to various international human rights treaties that contain international law pertaining to the rights of children with disabilities. The treaties include the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, Convention on the Rights of the Child, and, at the African regional level, the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child. The chapter seeks to identify the approach that the applicable treaties take in setting out the international law applicable to the rights of children with disabilities. The chapter observes that the applicable international law takes a particular approach in providing for the rights of children with disabilities. The chapter refers to the approach as the “human rights based approach” to disability which puts emphasis on the need to regard children with disabilities as rights holders that are entitled to full human rights enjoyment on an equal basis with other children.

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Chilemba, E.M. (2019). International Law on the Rights of Children with Disabilities. In: Kilkelly, U., Liefaard, T. (eds) International Human Rights of Children. International Human Rights. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4184-6_19

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