LAW NO. 12 OF 1996 PROMULGATING THE CHILD LAW

disabled child enjoys his rights as a disabled child.

shall mean providing social, mental,medical, educational and professional services necessary

to the disabled child and his family to assist them in overcoming the consequences of his disability.

of charge, within the allocations earmarked for this purpose in

the general budget of the State, and subject to the provision of Article 85 of this Law.

of the most important accomplishments of the National Council for

Childhood and Motherhood after the Council’s Technical Advisory Committee took upon itself the task of forming a “legislative working group” to prepare a proposal for the promulgation of a Child Law which would translate the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified in November 1989.

child law against any violation and protects the disabled children

from all types of abuse.

Practical realization: