Ensuring The Rights Of Little Angels Implementation Of Socio-economic Rights Of Children With Disabilities In Ethiopia

Recent reports evidence the existence of substantial number of children with disabilitiesrnacross the globe, the majority of which live in the developing world. Such children have beenrnmarginalized section of the society in all places mainly in socio-economic areas. During thernpast four decades there have been developments in the recognition of such facts at the UN,rnregional and national levels. Accordingly, various conventions and declarations aimed atrnpromotion and protection of their rights, including the 2006 Convention on the Rights ofrnPersons with Disabilities are adopted. The treaties provide for a range of socio-economicrnrights by mainstreaming their issues and designed various measures of implementation forrneffective realization of the rights. As a State Party to many of the treaties, this paper analysesrnthe issue of implementation of socio-economic rights of children with disabilities in Ethiopiarnby evaluating the Ethiopian experience vis-à-vis international standards set under the ratifiedrntreaties. The core assertion of the paper is that even if Ethiopia has ratified many of therntreaties much has yet to be done to effectively realize socio-economic rights of children withrndisabilities in the country.

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