Thread by @BedeOnKidRights

This week, the UN's #DisabilityRights committee issued its FIRST decision on inclusive education. It's in Spanish, so here's a precis🧵:

THE CASE: Rubén, a child in Spain🇪🇸 with Down syndrome, attended a mainstream school with the support of a special education assistant. 1/5

BUT at age 10, starting Year 4, his teacher began to discriminate against him & mistreat him😱. In Year 5, Rubén's new teacher said he didn't need the education assistant. Rubén's parents complained, and the assistant was allowed back, but the teacher wouldn't collaborate😒. 2/5

At the end of that school year, the local education department decided Rubén should enroll in a "special education center." Rubén's parents contested this, and asserted Rubén's right💪 to be educated in an ordinary school. The Spanish courts⚖ disagreed. 3/5

COMMITTEE DECISION: Requiring Rubén enroll in the special school violated his right to an inclusive education because: 1) The decision was based on evaluation reports drafted in close collaboration, & at the request of, the teachers who mistreated & discriminated against him. 4/5

2) The authorities didn't examine what "reasonable accommodations" could have allowed Rubén to stay at his school.

ALSO: Spain violated Rubén's rights by failing to investigate allegations of his mistreatment at school.

Full decision: tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/tr… #childrights 5/5