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16 
For a comprehensive account of human rights 
initiatives see Herr, S., L. Gostin, and H. Koh 
(eds), 
The Human Rights of Persons with 
Intellectual Disabilities: Different but equal
, 
Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2003. Further 
background on disability and human rights is 
contained in, for example, Lansdown, G., 
It Is 
Our World Too!
Disability Awareness in Action, 
London, 2001; Quinn, Gerard, et al., 
Human 
Rights and Disability: The current use and 
future potential of United Nations human rights 
instruments in the context of disability
, United 
Nations, Geneva, 2002, esp. ch. 8: Kilkelly, 
Ursula, ’Disability and Children: The Convention 
on the Rights of the Child (CRC)’.
17 
Quinn, Gerard, et al., 
Human Rights and 
Disability
, op. cit., p. 1.
18 
UN Human Rights Council, Implementation of 
General Assembly Resolution 60/251 of 
15 March 2006 Entitled “Human Rights 
Council”, The Right to Education of Persons with 
Disabilities, Report of the Special Rapporteur on 
the right to education, Vernor Muñoz, Document 
SA/HRC/4/29, United Nations, New York, 19 
February 2007, hrcouncil/docs/4session/A.HRC.4.29.pdf>.
19 
Available from United Nations, Division for Social 
Policy and Development, esa/socdev/enable/dissre00.htm>.
20 
Committee on the Rights of the Child, Sessional/
Annual Report of Committee, Report on the 
16th Session (Geneva, 22 September-
10 October 1997), CRC/C/69, para. 331.

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21 
Blomgren, Lars, ’UN Standard Rules for Persons 
with Disabilities: Visions and tools in our work 
for a society for all children’, delivered at ’Myths 
and Facts concerning Children with Disabilities’ 
conference, Malmö, 9-11 December 1999; 
proceedings published by Rädda Barnen, 
Stockholm, 2000.
22 
See rapporteur.htm> to access the full report and for 
detailed information on implementation of Rule 6 
on Education. 
23 
Statement by Bengt Lindqvist, former UN 
Special Rapporteur on Disability (1994–2001), 
Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Proposals for a 
Comprehensive and Integral Convention on the 
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, New York, 
29 July–9 August 2002. 
24 
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the 
Rights of Persons with Disabilities, untreaty.un.org/English/notpubl/IV_15a_english.
pdf>.
25 
Committee on the Rights of the Child, General 
Comment 9. Rights of Children with Disabilities. 
43rd session, Geneva, 11-29 September 2006. 
26 
Quoted in  
(no date given), accessed 1 June 2007.
27 
UN Millennium Development Goals, un.org/millenniumgoals>; net/learningpublication/developmentgoals.html>. 
28 
developmentgoals.html>.
29 
Disability Knowledge and Research 
forum, quoted in learningpublication/developmentgoals.html>, 
accessed 8 December 2006.
30 
Wiman, R. (ed.), 
Disability Dimension in 
Development Action: Manual on inclusive 
planning
,
 
National Research and Development 
Centre for Welfare and Health in Finland 
(STAKES) for United Nations, 1997 and 2000. 
Revised version available online 2003 at un.org/esa/socdev/enable/publications/FF-
DisabilityDim0103_b1.pdf >.