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Jurisprudence of human rights treaty bodies
(Draft Article 12)

Accronyms:
CESCR: Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights
HRC (ICCPR): Human Rights Committee
CERD: Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
CEDAW: Committee on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
CAT: Committee Against Torture
CRC: Committee on the Rights of the Child


Related references under Draft Article 12, paragraph 1

CESCR, General Comment no. 5 (Persons with disabilities), para. 32: Children with disabilities are especially vulnerable to exploitation, abuse and neglect and are, in accordance with article 10 (3) of the Covenant (reinforced by the corresponding provisions of the Convention on the Rights of the Child), entitled to special protection.

See also CEDAW General Recommendation 19 (Violence against Women).

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