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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law

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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law

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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law book

From Charity to Human Rights

The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law

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The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law book

From Charity to Human Rights
ByArlene S. Kanter
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2014
eBook Published 8 December 2014
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203711712
Pages 359
eBook ISBN 9780203711712
Subjects Health and Social Care, Law, Social Sciences
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Kanter, A.S. (2014). The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law: From Charity to Human Rights (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203711712

ABSTRACT

The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. It establishes the right of people with disabilities to equality, dignity, autonomy, full participation, as well as the right to live in the community, and the right to supported decision-making and inclusive education. Prior to the CRPD, international law had provided only limited protections to people with disabilities.

This book analyses the development of disability rights as an international human rights movement. Focusing on the United States and countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East the book examines the status of people with disabilities under international law prior to the adoption of the CPRD, and follows the development of human rights protections through the convention’s drafting process. Arlene Kanter argues that by including both new applications and entirely new approaches to human rights treaty enforcement, the CRPD is significant not only to people with disabilities but also to the general development of international human rights, by offering new human rights protections for all people.

Taking a comparative perspective, the book explores how the success of the CRPD in achieving protections depends on the extent to which individual countries enforce domestic laws and policies, and the changing public attitudes towards people with disabilities. This book will be of excellent use and interest to researchers and students of human rights law, discrimination, and disability studies.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |20 pages

Introduction

chapter 1|43 pages

The development and adoption of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities

chapter 2|61 pages

The right to live in the community for people with disabilities under Article 19

chapter 3|34 pages

The right to liberty and security under Article 14

chapter 4|43 pages

The right to be free from torture and cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment and punishment under Article 15

chapter 5|19 pages

Protecting the physical and mental integrity of the person and the right to health under Articles 17 and 25

chapter 6|14 pages

Access to justice for people with disabilities under Article 13

chapter 7|56 pages

The right to legal capacity and supported decision-making under Article 12

chapter 8|15 pages

Moving beyond the CRPD: will it make a difference?

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