The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : : European and Scandinavian perspectives / / edited by Oddny Mjoll Arnardottir and Gerard Quinn.

• Superior document: International studies in human rights, v. 100
• TeilnehmendeR: Oddny Mjoll Arnardottir.; Quinn, G.
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: International studies in human rights ; v. 100.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (344 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 1282399632; 9786612399633; 900418080X
• ISSN: 0924-4751
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Oddny Mjoll Arnardottir and Gerard Quinn.

The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the first human rights treaty adopted by the United Nations in the 21st century. It seeks to secure the equal and effective enjoyment of human rights for the estimated 650 million persons with disabilities in the world. It does so by tailoring gerneral human rights norms to their circumstances. It reflects and advances the shift away from welfare to rights in the context of disability. The Convention itself represents a mix between non-discrimination and other substantive human rights and gives practical effect to the idea that all human rights are indivisible and interdependent. This collection of essays examines these developments from the global, European and Scandinavian perspectives and the challenge of transposing its provisions into national law. It marks the coming of age of disabilty as a core human rights concern.