Bangladesh is a party to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which obliges states to “ensure the full enjoyment by children with disabilities of all human rights and fundamental freedoms on an equal basis with other children,” (art 7.1) to “ensure the protection and safety of persons with disabilities” in humanitarian emergencies, (art 11) and to ensure that “children with disabilities can access an inclusive, quality and free primary education and secondary education on an equal basis with others in the communities in which they live” (art 24.2.b.).323 323 Bangladesh ratified the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on November 30, 2007. Bangladesh accepted the Inquiry procedures set out in articles 6-7 as well as the convention’s Optional Protocol, which provides for individual communications from persons with disabilities to the Convention’s expert committee, on May 12, 2008. “ARE WE HUMAN?” 80