Child Rights Connect delivered a written and oral statement to the UN Human Rights Council on 4 March 2019 at an event to promote the empowerment of children with disabilities to enjoy their full human rights, including through inclusive education. The statement was endorsed by many child rights organizations including SOS Children's Villages, EuroChild, Hope and Homes for Children, Save the Children, Terre des Hommes, and more. In the statement, Child Rights Connect says that children with disabilities "are much more likely to grow up in alternative care and face heightened risk of violence." The statement urges UN Member States to address "the vulnerability of children with disabilities by ensuring special protection measures, ensure that additional barriers and obstacles are not created to their empowerment, as equal rights holders, for the enjoyment of their human rights," among other recommendations.
