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1 online resource (251 pages) |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CASES FOREWORD PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS INTRODUCTION PART I CHAPTER 1 The CRPD Committee, Rules of Procedure and the Optional Protocol to the Convention The Establishment of the CRPD Committee; General Comments; The Salient Features of the Convention; The Optional Protocol to the Convention; Admissibility of Complaints under the Optional Protocol; Examples of Inadmissibility; Interim Measures; Inadmissibility of Anonymous Complaints; Grave or Systematic Violations CHAPTER 2 Fundamental Principles, |
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Table of cases; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; PART I General provisions; 1 Functions of the CRPD Committee; The establishment of the CRPD Committee; General comments; The salient features of the Convention; The Optional Protocol to the Convention; Admissibility of complaints under the Optional Protocol; Examples of inadmissibility; Interim measures; Inadmissibility of anonymous complaints; Grave or systematic violations; 2 Pillars of the CRPD; Introduction; The Preamble and Article 1 CRPD |
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Article 2 DefinitionsArticle 3 General principles; Article 4 General obligations; Article 5 Equality and non-discrimination; Equality before the law; Equality under the law; Equal protection and equal benefit of the law; Discrimination; Reasonable accommodation; Conclusion; Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations; 3 Women and girls with disabilities; Introduction; The protection of the rights of women under international law; The scope of Article 6 CRPD; Multiple and/or intersectional discrimination; Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse; Violence and armed conflict |
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Forced sterilisationDiscrimination at the crossroads; Conclusion; Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations; PART II Civil and political rights; 4 Legal capacity and access to justice; Introduction; Miscarriage of justice; The scope of the right to legal capacity; The meaning of 'support' under Article 12(3); Article 12(4); Effective access to the justice system; Reasonable accommodation and procedural accommodation; Conclusion; Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations; Article 12; Article 13; 5 Security of the person; Introduction |
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Liberty, detention and imprisonmentFreedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; Torture by omission; Medical or scientific experimentation; Liberty, detention and accessibility; Liberty and institutionalisation; Liberty, security and integrity; Liberty, health and rehabilitation; Conclusion; Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations; 6 Right to life; Introduction; The arbitrary deprivation of life; Right to life and freedom from torture; Right to life and the death penalty; Right to life of the unborn and abortion; Right to life and euthanasia |
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Right to life and enforced disappearanceConclusion; Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations; 7 Participation in political and public life; Introduction; Freedom of opinion and expression; Freedom of expression and official interactions; Participation in political life (the rights to vote and to be elected); Right to participate in public life; Freedom of association; Freedom of assembly; Conclusion; Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations; PART III Economic, social and cultural rights; 8 Accessibility; Introduction |
| Summary |
This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than 50 leading cases. The author elaborates on the obligations of States Parties under the CRPD and other international treaties, while also spelling out the rights of persons with disabilities, and the different mechanisms that exist at both domestic and international levels for ensuring that those rights are respected, protected and promoted. The author also delineates the traditional differentiation between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other. He demonstrates, through analysis of the evolving case law, how the gap between these two sets of rights is gradually closing. The result is a powerful tool for political decisionmakers, academics, legal practitioners, law students, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, human rights activists and general readers |
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States Parties' obligation in relation to Article 9 |
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30)
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30) fast |
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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International law and human rights.
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LAW -- Comparative.
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LAW -- Constitutional.
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International law and human rights
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People with disabilities -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429951862 |
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0429951868 |
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