CRPD
Rights Tracker
Reports
(Art. 23) Respect for home and the family
(Art. 23) Respect for home and the family
List of Issue
Please provide information on the measures taken to protect children from being separated from their parents involuntarily on the basis of the disability of either the child or one or both of the parents. Please also provide information on the measures taken to provide appropriate and sufficient support to children with disabilities and their parents, and to parents with disabilities in exercising their parental rights and responsibilities.
Alternative Reports
DPOs Coalition Report (OHANA)
No data available
Response List of Issue (Coalition/OHANA)
Cases of neglect or separation of persons with disabilities from their parents and/or children still frequently occur. This is based on the assumption of the inability of persons with disabilities to raise children. In some regions, such as Yogyakarta, most persons with disabilities in institutions are not connected to their families, and the institutions usually provide their schooling through Special Needs Schools (SLB). In West Java, a number of cases still occur, such as a husband leaving his child upon learning the child has a psychosocial disability (3 cases assisted by DPOs in West Java), a girl with Cerebral Palsy (CP) abandoned by her father since birth and neglected.
There are also many cases assisted by DPOs where women with disabilities do not receive their rights in marriage, such as marital property (harta gono-gini) or sustenance after divorce. Currently, there is at least 1 case of a woman with a disability assisted by a disabled persons' organization in West Java related to marital property and child education expenses from her ex-husband.
Response List of Issue (HWDI)
No data available
Committee Recommendations
The Committee recommends that the State Party adopt legislative and other measures to ensure adequate support for children with disabilities and their families, including those who require greater (higher) support in rural and remote areas, and to ensure support for parents with disabilities in raising their children, including those in rural and remote areas.
ⓘ Indicators
Support for children with disabilities