Bucharest, 18th March 2016. Today, 18th March, the European Center for the Rights of Children with Disabilities (CEDCD) organized the Seminary on “The Right to Education of Children with Disabilities in Romania from the Perspective of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”.
12 judges from Bucharest, Ilfov and Argeş attended the debated organized by CEDCD with the purpose of facilitating the understanding of the right to education of children with disabilities from the perspective of international and national legislation on the matter. Other participants, guests of CEDCD, representatives of the National Council for Combating Discrimination, the Center for Legal Resources, the Advocacy and Human Rights Center have brought on the table key issues of the right to education, both from a perspective of non-discrimination and segregation of children with disabilities and Roma children, as well as from the perspective of creating a minimally restrictive environment in education.
Equally, CEDCD representatives have exposed a new vision on understanding the right to education from the perspective of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, tackling the concept of inclusive education, notions of formal and substantial access to education, as well as the applicable national legislation which can be put to use in cases regarding the right to education of children with disabilities.
Furthermore, CEDCD representatives have discussed two strategic cases pending in courts and represented by CEDCD with the aim of emphasizing particularities and challenges of cases relating to the infringement of the right to education of children with disabilities, both in the formal (exclusion from school) and substantial (failure to adapt the physical and informational environment to the pupil’s needs) understanding.
The seminary was organized as part of the Project OPEN SPECIAL SCHOOLS – Steps towards equity in education, financed by Open Society Foundations – Human Rights Initiative.
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