Submission to the Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concerning South Africa

Human Rights Watch is an independent, international human rights organization that monitors, reports, and conducts advocacy on human rights in more than 90 countries globally. Our focus areas include the right to education, particularly access to quality, inclusive education, and the rights of persons with disabilities. This submission relates to Articles 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 16, and 24 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, and focuses on access to quality, inclusive, free education for children with disabilities in South Africa. It proposes issues and questions that Committee…

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