Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I The Protection of Human Rights for Persons with Disability in Theory: Intellectual Disability as a Distinct Issue; 1 Intellectual Disability as a Distinct Issue; 2 A Principled Approach to Human Rights Issues Raised by Intellectual Disability; Part II The Protection of Human Rights for Persons with Intellectual Disability in Practice: The Marginalisation of Disability; 3 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
4 The European Convention on Human Rights and the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Applicants with5 English Law in Relation to Welfare, Intellectual Disability and Human Rights; 6 German Law Relating to Intellectual Disability, Incapacity and Welfare; Part III The Way Forward; 7 Applying the Human Dignity Reasoning to Sterilisation Procedures under English Law, the MCA 2005 and the Case Law of the ECtH; 8 A New Protocol on Disability?; Appendix German Civil Code Fo
Summary
This volume examines a wide array of issues relating to human rights and intellectual disability, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the case law of the ECtHR, and jurisprudential issues of liberal equality. It will of interest academics, human rights activists and legal practitioners in the field of disability rights
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-239) and index
