The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : : European and Scandinavian perspectives / / 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 do...
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| Superior document: | International studies in human rights, v. 100 |
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| 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. |
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Table of Contents:
- Disability studies, the social model and legal developments / Rannveig Traustadottir
- Future prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord
- A future of multidimensional disadvantage equality? / Oddny Mjoll Arnardottir
- From invisibility to indivisibility : the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Ida Elisabeth Koch
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European disability law : a catalyst for cohesion? / Anna Lawson
- Breaking new ground : the implications of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European community / Lisa Waddington
- The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Davi Por Bjorgvinsson
- Extracting protection for the rights of persons with disabilities from human rights frameworks : established limits and new possibilities / Colm O'Cinneide
- General themes relevant to the implementation of the UN disability convention into domestic law : who is responsible for the implementation and how should it be performed? / Holger Kallehauge
- Resisting the 'temptation of elegance' : can the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities socialise states to right behaviour? / Gerard Quinn
- The implementation of the UN convention and the development of economical and social rights as human rights / Brynhildur G. Flovenz
- The UN convention in Nordic domestic law : lessons learned from other treaties / Ragnhildur Helgadottir.