AC CES S TO E D U CATI ON, EMPLOYMENT, AND HE ALTHCA RE
• Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC), Acceded: 08/03/1990 and Optional Protocols on the
Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict (Ratified: 09/06/2000) and on the Sale of Children, Child
Prostitution and Child Pornography (Ratified: 09/06/2000):
— Prohibition on discrimination against children on the basis of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal
guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin,
property, disability, birth or other status (Article 2)
— Right of the disabled child to special care and the enjoyment of a full and decent life in conditions
ensuring dignity, promoting self-reliance and facilitating the child’s active participation in the
community (Article 23)
— Right of the child to education, obligation of the State to make primary education compulsory and free
to all and to make secondary and higher education accessible to all (Article 28)
• Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), Ratified: 11/30/2007:
— General obligation of the State to undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights
and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without discrimination of any kind on the
basis of disability, including the adoption of legislative, administrative and other measures (Article 4)
— Right to equal recognition before the law (Article 12)
— Right to effective access to justice (Article 13)
— Right to personal liberty and security (Article 14)
— Prohibition on torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (Article 15)
— Prohibition on exploitation, violence and abuse (Article 16)
— Right to freedom of expression and opinion and to access information through all forms of
communication (Article 21)
— Right to education (Article 24)
— Right to enjoy the highest attainable standard of health (Article 25)
— Right to an adequate standard of living and social protection (Article 28)
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