(g) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989)
Article 16(1): ‘No child shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his
or her privacy, family, or correspondence, nor to unlawful attacks on his or her honour
and reputation.’
Article 27(3): ‘States Parties, in accordance with national conditions and within their
means, shall take appropriate measures to assist parents and others responsible for the
child to implement this right and shall in the case of need provide material assistance
and support programmes, particularly with regard to nutrition, clothing and housing.’
(h)
International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All
M igrant W orkers and M em bers of their Families (1990)
Article 43(1): ‘Migrant workers shall enjoy equality of treatment with nationals of the
State of employment in relation to … (d) Access to housing, including social housing
schemes, and protection against exploitation in respect of rents.’
(i)
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008)
Article 2: ‘"Reasonable accommodation" means necessary and appropriate
modification and adjustments not imposing a disproportionate or undue burden,
where needed in a particular case, to ensure to persons with disabilities the enjoyment
or exercise on an equal basis with others of all human rights and fundamental
freedoms.’
Article 5(3): ‘In order to promote equality and eliminate discrimination, States Parties
shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that reasonable accommodation is
provided.’
Article 9(1)(a): ‘To enable persons with disabilities to live independently and
participate fully in all aspects of life, States Parties shall take appropriate measures to
ensure to persons with disabilities access, on an equal basis with others, to the physical
environment, (…). These measures, which shall include the identification and
elimination of obstacles and barriers to accessibility, shall apply to, inter alia: … (a)
Buildings, roads, transportation and other indoor and outdoor facilities, including
schools, housing, medical facilities and workplaces.’
Article 19(a): ‘States Parties to this Convention recognize the equal right of all
persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others, and
shall take effective and appropriate measures to facilitate full enjoyment by persons
with disabilities of this right and their full inclusion and participation in the community,
including by ensuring that: (a) Persons with disabilities have the opportunity to choose
their place of residence and where and with whom they live on an equal basis with
others and are not obliged to live in a particular living arrangement.’
Article 22(1): ‘No person with disabilities, regardless of place of residence or living
arrangements, shall be subjected to arbitrary or unlawful interference with his or her
privacy, family, or correspondence or other types of communication or to unlawful
attacks on his or her honour and reputation. Persons with disabilities have the right to
the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.’
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