Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities, UNICEF

(c) Are free to leave any country, including their own;(d) Are not deprived, arbitrarily or on the basis ofdisability, of the right to enter their own country.2. Children with disabilities shall be registeredimmediately after birth and shall have the right frombirth to a name, the right to acquire a nationality and,as far as possible, the right to know and be cared forby their parents.Article 19Living independently and being included inthe communityStates parties to this Convention recognize the equalright of all persons with disabilities to live in thecommunity, with choices equal to others, and shalltake effective and appropriate measures to facilitatefull enjoyment by persons with disabilities of thisright and their full inclusion and participation in thecommunity, including by ensuring that:(a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity tochoose their place of residence and where and withwhom they live on an equal basis with others and arenot obliged to live in a particular living arrangement;(b) Persons with disabilities have access to a rangeof in-home, residential and other community supportservices, including personal assistance necessary tosupport living and inclusion in the community, and toprevent isolation or segregation from the community;(c) Community services and facilities for the generalpopulation are available on an equal basis to personswith disabilities and are responsive to their needs.Article 20Personal mobilityStates parties shall take effective measures toensure personal mobility with the greatest possibleindependence for persons with disabilities, includingby:(a) Facilitating the personal mobility of persons withdisabilities in the manner and at the time of theirchoice, and at affordable cost;(b) Facilitating access by persons with disabilities toquality mobility aids, devices, assistive technologiesand forms of live assistance and intermediaries,including by making them available at affordable cost;(c) Providing training in mobility skills to personswith disabilities and to specialist staff working withpersons with disabilities;(d) Encouraging entities that produce mobility aids,devices and assistive technologies to take intoaccount all aspects of mobility for persons withdisabilities.Article 21Freedom of expression and opinion, and accessto informationStates parties shall take all appropriate measures toensure that persons with disabilities can exercise theright to freedom of expression and opinion, includingthe freedom to seek, receive and impart informationand ideas on an equal basis with others and throughall forms of communication of their choice, as definedin article 2 of the present Convention, including by:(a) Providing information intended for the generalpublic to persons with disabilities in accessibleformats and technologies appropriate to differentkinds of disabilities in a timely manner and withoutadditional cost;(b) Accepting and facilitating the use of signlanguages, Braille, augmentative and alternativecommunication, and all other accessible means,modes and formats of communication of their choiceby persons with disabilities in official interactions;(c) Urging private entities that provide services tothe general public, including through the Internet, toprovide information and services in accessible andusable formats for persons with disabilities;(d) Encouraging the mass media, including providersof information through the Internet, to make theirservices accessible to persons with disabilities;(e) Recognizing and promoting the use of signlanguages.Article 22Respect for privacy1. No person with disabilities, regardless of place ofresidence or living arrangements, shall be subjectedto arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or herprivacy, family, home or correspondence or othertypes of communication or to unlawful attacks onhis or her honour and reputation. Persons withdisabilities have the right to the protection of the lawagainst such interference or attacks.2. States parties shall protect the privacy of personal,health and rehabilitation information of persons withdisabilities on an equal basis with others.Article 23Respect for home and the family1. States parties shall take effective and appropriatemeasures to eliminate discrimination against personswith disabilities in all matters relating to marriage,family, parenthood and relationships, on an equalbasis with others, so as to ensure that:57 Promoting the Rights of Children with Disabilities Innocenti Digest No. 13