Ensuring the Rights of "Little Angels": Implementation of Socio-Economic Rights of Children With Disabilities in Ethiopia
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2012-12
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Recent reports evidence the existence of subsTantial nllmber of children with disabilities
across the globe. the majority of which live in the developing world. Such children have been
marginalized section of the society in all places mainly in socia-economic areas. During the
pcm fO llr decades there have been developmenls in Ihe recognition of such facls al Ihe UN,
regional and nalional levels. Accordingly, variolls conventions and declarations aimed al
p/'O/1/otion and proleclion of Ihetr righls. including Ihe 2006 Convenlion on Ihe Rights of
Persons wilh Disabilities are adopted. The Irealies provide for a range of socia-economic
rights by mains/reaming their issues and deSigned various measures of implementation for
efleclive realiZCilion of the rights. As a Stale Party to many oflhe trealies. this paper analyses
the issue of impleme/1lalion of socio-economic righls of children wilh disab ilities in Ethiopia
by evaluafing the Ethiopian experience vis-a-vis international standards set under the ratified
trealies. The core assertion of the paper is that even if Elhiopia has ratified many of the
trealies much has yet 10 be done to effectively realize socia-economic righls of children with
disabilities in the country.
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Implementation of Socio-Economic Rights of Children