Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence. FRA scrutinised the important but underreported issue of violence against children with disabilities, carrying out desk research and conducting interviews with knowledgeable stakeholders. This report presents the results of that research.

Children with disabilities face significant barriers to enjoying their fundamental rights. They are often excluded from society, sometimes living in facilities far from their families. They are also denied access to basic services, such as health care and education, and endure stigma and discrimination, as well as sexual, physical and psychological violence. This summary report outlines relevant international and European standards and reviews national legislation and policies addressing violence against children with disabilities. The summary also explores the extent and different causes, settings and forms of such violence, and presents measures and initiatives to prevent it.

This book will tell you about violence and children with disabilities. It looks at violence, where it happens, and why people are violent.

Kinderen zijn volwaardig bezitter van mensenrechten. Zij zijn begunstigden van alle mensen- en
grondrechten en zijn onderwerp van speciale regelgeving in verband met hun specifieke kenmerken.
Dit handboek beoogt te illustreren hoe de Europese wetgeving en jurisprudentie voorzien in de
specifieke belangen en behoeften van kinderen, maar laat ook zien hoe belangrijk ouders en
voogden en andere wettelijke vertegenwoordigers zijn.

This paper examines the legal situation of intersex people from a fundamental rights perspective. It draws on evidence from the Agency’s updated legal analysis on homophobia, transphobia, and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, which now includes a section on intersex issues.