Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities, UNICEF
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49 Mittler, Peter, personal communication, February2007. See also Gunnar Dybwad in Bersani, H.,Responding to <strong>the</strong> Challenge: Current trends andissues in developmental disabilities, BrooklineBooks, Cambridge, MA, 1999.50 Rosenthal, Eric, et al., <strong>Children</strong> in Russia’sInstitutions: Human rights and opportunities forreform, Mental Disability <strong>Rights</strong> International,Washington, DC, 1999, p. iii, .51 Pinheiro, Paulo S., World Report on Violenceagainst <strong>Children</strong>, United Nations, New York,2006, pp. 187-189.52 <strong>UNICEF</strong>, <strong>Children</strong> and Disability in Transition inCEE/CIS and Baltic States, op. cit.53 ’Recognizing <strong>the</strong> Abilities <strong>of</strong> Disabled <strong>Children</strong>’,Centre for Europe’s <strong>Children</strong>.54 Rosenthal, Eric, et al., <strong>Children</strong> in Russia’sInstitutions, op. cit.55 <strong>UNICEF</strong>, <strong>Children</strong> and Disability in Transition inCEE/CIS and Baltic States, op. cit., p. 19.56 See, for example, ; ’Human <strong>Rights</strong> and MentalHealth in Peru’, A report by Mental Disability<strong>Rights</strong> International and Asociacion ProDerechos Humanos, September 2004, Lima,Peru, ; ’Human <strong>Rights</strong>and Mental Health: Mexico’, A report by MentalDisability <strong>Rights</strong> International, 2000, .57 See, for example, UN Committee on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Child, Concluding Observations on <strong>the</strong><strong>Rights</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Child: Turkey, 9 July 2001, CRC/C/15/Add. 152; UN Committee on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rights</strong><strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Child, Concluding Observations on <strong>the</strong><strong>Rights</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Child: Albania, 28 January 2005,CRC/C/15/Add. 249.58 Many studies provide scientific or anecdotalevidence <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> vulnerability to abuse <strong>of</strong> children<strong>with</strong> disabilities. See, for example, Baladerian, N.J., ’Sexual Abuse <strong>of</strong> People <strong>with</strong> Developmental<strong>Disabilities</strong>’, Sexuality and Disability, Vol. 9, No.4 (1991), and Sobsey, D. and T. Doe, ’Patterns<strong>of</strong> Sexual Abuse and Assault’, Sexuality andDisability, Vol. 9, No. 3 (1991), both quoted inBerglund, A.-K., A Matter <strong>of</strong> Social Context: Thesexual abuse <strong>of</strong> children <strong>with</strong> disabilities, RäddaBarnen, Stockholm, 1997. See also Senn, C.,Vulnerable: Sexual abuse and people <strong>with</strong> anintellectual handicap, G. Allan Roeher Institute,Ontario, 1988.59 Pinheiro, Paulo S., World Report on Violenceagainst <strong>Children</strong>,op. cit., p. 68. See also UnitedNations Secretary-General’s Study on Violenceagainst <strong>Children</strong>, Summary Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Thematic Meeting on Violence against <strong>Children</strong><strong>with</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>, op. cit.60 Groce, Nora Ellen, An Overview <strong>of</strong> Young PeopleLiving <strong>with</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>, op. cit.61 See, for example, Boukhari, H., ’Invisible Victims:Working <strong>with</strong> mo<strong>the</strong>rs <strong>of</strong> children <strong>with</strong> learningdisabilities’, in Abu-Habib, L., Gender andDisability: Women’s experiences in <strong>the</strong> MiddleEast, Oxfam UK, 1997.62 Jones, Hazel, Disabled <strong>Children</strong>’s <strong>Rights</strong>, op. cit.63 United Nations Secretary-General’s Study onViolence against <strong>Children</strong>, Summary Report<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Thematic Meeting on Violence against<strong>Children</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>, op. cit.64 See, for example, Jones, Hazel, Disabled<strong>Children</strong>’s <strong>Rights</strong>, op. cit.65 Overviews, including <strong>of</strong> impacts on children,are provided by <strong>the</strong> annual Landmine MonitorReports produced by <strong>the</strong> International Campaignto Ban Landmines, , and inHandicap International, Circle <strong>of</strong> Impact: Thefatal footprint <strong>of</strong> cluster munitions on peopleand communities, Brussels, May 2007, .66 International Campaign to Ban Landmines,Landmine Monitor Report 2005: Toward amine-free world, .67 <strong>UNICEF</strong>, <strong>Children</strong> Affected by Armed Conflict,<strong>UNICEF</strong>, New York, 2002, p. 91.68 See, for example, World Bank, Report <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>Online Forum on Disabled and O<strong>the</strong>r VulnerablePeople in Natural Disasters, World BankDisability and Development Team, Washington,DC, December 2006, .69 Healthlink Worldwide, CBR News (Special issueon Disability and War), No. 32 (December-March2000).70 CRC, article 12; CRPD, articles 7 and 21.71 National Dissemination Center for <strong>Children</strong> <strong>with</strong><strong>Disabilities</strong>, ; Entre Amigos– Rede De Informações Sobre Deficiência,.72 Groce, Nora Ellen, An Overview <strong>of</strong> Young PeopleLiving <strong>with</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong>, op. cit.73 See, for example, Groce, Nora Ellen, ’HIV/AIDSand Individuals <strong>with</strong> Disability’, Health andHuman <strong>Rights</strong>, vol. 8, no. 2 (2005).Chapter 674 United Nations Educational, Scientific andCultural Organization, Open File on InclusiveEducation, op. cit.75 Lansdown, G., Disabled <strong>Children</strong> in South Africa,Disability Awareness in Action, London, 2002.76 Vatsa, Krishna, ’Family and CommunityEmpowerment through Inclusion’, paperpresented to <strong>the</strong> 15th Asian Conference on’Mental Retardation’, Manila, 11-17 November2001, and .77 Communication from Pramila Balasundaram,Founder-Director <strong>of</strong> Samadhan NGO, NewDelhi, India. 9 March 2005. See also , accessed17 August 2007.41 <strong>Promoting</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Rights</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Children</strong> <strong>with</strong> <strong>Disabilities</strong> Innocenti Digest No. 13