Promoting the rights of Children with disabilities innocenti digest no

article 7: Children with disabilities 
Building upon the CRC, the principles summarized 
in article 7 of the Convention affirm the fundamental 
rights of all children with disabilities to the entire 
range of human rights inherent to all children. 
Requirements for the best interests of the child 
and for the participation of the children themselves 
in decision-making are particularly important for 
children with disabilities, whose interests and voices 
are all too frequently overlooked and undervalued. 
Their right to appropriate support in making their 
voices heard is emphasized in both article 7 and 
article 24.
article 24: education
A second article of the Convention with particular 
implications for children is article 24 on education. 
Article 24 reflects a clear commitment to the 
principle of inclusive education as a goal. In this 
respect, it advances further the direction established 
in earlier documents such as the CRC, the Salamanca 
Statement and Framework and the Standard Rules.
Article 24 also addresses the specific needs 
of children with severe and complex sensory 
impairments for access to specific supports to 
learning such as sign language, Braille and low vision 
aids. Other children with disabilities may also need 
modifications to the curriculum, to styles of teaching 
and to the organization of the classroom. Support 
to all children with disabilities has to be individually 
tailored and resourced both in terms of time and 
staffing. Clearly, parents and the children themselves 
have to be partners in deciding the nature and 
intensity of such support and ways in which it can 
be reduced as both child and teacher become more 
confident and competent (see chapter 6 below for 
further discussion of education).
article 32: international cooperation
The Convention has important implications for the 
role of international actors, and of the UN system in