The Special Representative is grateful for the important inputs provided by various legal and child protection experts and organizations consulted for the development of this discussion paper, including the Executive Office of the Secretary-General (EOSG), the Office of the Special Rapporteur on the rights of persons with disabilities, the team of the UN Global Advocate for persons with disabiliti. [...] The adoption of the CRPD represented a ground-breaking shift in the way disability was understood, and working in tandem with existing legal frameworks for the protection of children’s rights and of civilians in armed conflict, it strengthened legal protections for children with disabilities in armed conflict.13 The CRPD also created momentum for the reaffirmation of international and regional leg. [...] International Human Rights Law The two main treaties of international human rights law (IHRL) that protect the rights of children with disabilities, including in situations of armed conflict, are the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) and the CRPD. [...] The Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities further elaborates on the participation of persons with disabilities, through their representative organizations, in the implementation of the CRPD in its General Comment 7, which will be discussed in more detail below.123 In Resolution 2475, the Security Council stresses the importance of “sustained consultation and dialogue between persons. [...] Training and Capacity Building Although the adoption of the CRPD and other international legal instruments represent a major cultural shift in the way that persons with disabilities are viewed and in the promotion of a human rights-based approach to disability, the prevailing lack of awareness and understanding of the rights of persons with disabilities and the barriers they face remains a signifi.
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