Promoting Equality And Non Discrimination For Persons With Disabilities

Author : Waddington, Lisa,Broderick, Andrea
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Promoting equality and non-discrimination for persons with disabilities by Waddington, Lisa,Broderick, Andrea Pdf

Equality and non-discrimination: A core principle of all human rights and fundamental freedoms. Ensuring equal opportunities for persons with disabilities is an important facilitator of participation and inclusion in society. Both the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) and the Council of Europe Disability Strategy 2017-2023 address equality and equalisation of opportunities for persons with disabilities. Article 5 of the UNCPRD requires States to adopt positive measures aimed at ensuring equality across the substantive rights in the Convention. The Council of Europe Disability Strategy aims at guiding and supporting the activities of Council of Europe member States in their implementation of the UNCRPD and Council of Europe standards regarding disability, and similarly addresses equality and non-discrimination. The overall goal of this study is to analyse the obligations contained in the UNCRPD regarding equality and non-discrimination, and to provide examples of good national practices regarding equality and non-discrimination.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 59 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1005219270

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Promoting Equality and Non-discrimination for Persons with Disabilities by Anonim Pdf

Author : Andrew Byrnes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Law
ISBN : UCBK:C081707710

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From Exclusion to Equality by Andrew Byrnes Pdf

Parliaments and parliamentarians have a key role to play in promoting and protecting human rights. This Handbook aims to assist parliamentarians and others in efforts to realize the Convention so that persons with disabilities can achieve the transition from exclusion to equality. It seeks to raise awareness of the Convention and its provisions, promote an appreciation of disability concerns, and assist parliaments in understanding the mechanisms and frameworks needed to translate the Convention into practice. By providing examples and insights, it is hoped that the Handbook will serve as a useful tool for parliamentarians to promote and protect the rights of persons with disabilities all over the world.

Author : Anna Lawson,Caroline Gooding
Publisher : Hart Publishing
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2005-05-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781841134864

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Disability Rights in Europe by Anna Lawson,Caroline Gooding Pdf

Recoge: 1. Human rights - 2. Anti-discrimination laws - 3. Achieving equality through law?

Author : Andrea Broderick
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
ISBN : 1780683588

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The Long and Winding Road to Equality and Inclusion for Persons with Disabilities by Andrea Broderick Pdf

This book examines several aspects of the equality and non-discrimination norms in the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). In the first instance, the book provides an interpretation and critical analysis of the legal meaning of the principles of equality and non-discrimination in the context of the CRPD. It analyses the extent to which the concepts of equality and non-discrimination contained in the Convention fit within the various theoretical models of disability and conceptions of equality that have been elaborated to date by scholars. It also compares the theoreotical framework of equality in the CRPD to that contained in other international human rights treaties which preceded the Convention. In addition, States' obligations under the Convention are teased out. A particular focus throughout this book is on the manner in which the equality and non-discrimination norms in the CRPD can increase participation and inclusion in society of persons with disabilities. This book also examines in detail an integral component of the equality norm, namely the duty to reasonably accommodate persons with disabilities and, in particular, its outer limits. In that regard, the book analyses whether the balancing and sharing of burdens inherent in the accommodation duty can teach us lessons about the overall balancing of burdens and interests implicit in many Convention rights subject to progressive realisation. Following on from that, this book devises a framework for review of measures adopted by States in the overall context of the progressive realisation of disability rights, with a particular emphasis on how the CRPD's equality norm might strengthen the realisation of socio-economic rights for disabled people. That framework of review criteria is then applied to the right to education and the accessibility obligation incumbent on States under the CRPD. Finally, this book investigates how the equality and non-discrimination norms in the Convention have already influenced, and can potentially influence, the crucial shape of disability equality case law and policy. In that connection, a case study is carried out on the Council of Europe mechanisms, in order to assess whether the CRPD is having an influence on disability law and policy at the regional level. This book demonstrates the fact that the CRPD holds enormous promise for the future application of the equality and non-discrimination norms in relation to the rights of persons with disabilities. Notwithstanding this, significant challenges lie ahead in the realisation of de facto equality for persons with disabilities. (Series: School of Human Rights Research, Volume 74) Subject: Human Rights Law]

Author : Stanley S. Herr,Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin,Harold Hongju Koh
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 582 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 0199264511

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The Human Rights of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities by Stanley S. Herr,Lawrence Ogalthorpe Gostin,Harold Hongju Koh Pdf

Inequality: Marcia H. Rioux

Author : Gerison Lansdown
Publisher : Save the Children UK
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2009-03-20
Category : Children with disabilities
ISBN : 9781841871233

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See me, hear me : a guide to using the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities to promote the rights of children by Gerison Lansdown Pdf

"The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities" represents the culmination of years of advocacy by the disability community in their struggle for recognition of their rights. "See Me, Hear Me" is the first book to look at how this Convention can be used to support disabled children, alongside the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. This guide's analysis of the inter-relationship of the two Conventions, together with practical guidance on advocacy strategies and illustrations of good practice, make it an invaluable tool for child and disability rights advocates. It is also an essential resource for governments in interpreting and implementing the two Conventions. "See Me, Hear Me" includes: a detailed table giving an overview of the relationship between individual articles of the two Conventions; close analysis of the rights of children with disabilities - as set out in the two Conventions - in key areas like education, family life, health, and protection; tips for advocacy work in each of these areas of children's rights; a historical overview of disability rights and the development of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disability; and, the full text of the "UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities".

Author : Council of Europe
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Human rights: a reality for all by Council of Europe Pdf

Promoting the rights of persons with disabilities: Equality, dignity and equal opportunities. The Council of Europe promotes, protects and monitors the implementation of human rights for all, including persons with disabilities. Persons with disabilities are entitled to have access to and enjoy, on an equal basis with others, the full range of human rights safeguarded by the European Convention on Human Rights, the European Social Charter, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and other international treaties. The Council of Europe Strategy on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities – Human Rights: A Reality for All – outlines the Organisation’s priorities in the period 2017-2023. The overall goal of the Strategy is to achieve equality, dignity and equal opportunities for persons with disabilities in specific areas where the Council of Europe can make an input. This requires ensuring independence, freedom of choice, full and active participation in all areas of life and society.

Author : Valentina Della Fina,Rachele Cera,Giuseppe Palmisano
Publisher : Springer
Page : 769 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-01-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783319437903

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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Valentina Della Fina,Rachele Cera,Giuseppe Palmisano Pdf

This Commentary provides the first comprehensive legal article-by-article analysis of the provisions of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The Convention is the key international human rights instrument exclusively devoted to persons with disabilities and the centerpiece of international efforts to address inequalities and barriers they encounter to the full enjoyment of human rights. The book discusses the Convention’s position within existing international human rights law and within the framework of the United Nations measures to protect the rights of people with disabilities. Starting with the background of all the Convention’s articles, including the travaux préparatoires, this Commentary examines each provision’s substance and interpretation, and explores the significance of each right, its legal scope and relationship with other international legal norms and principles. A unique contribution also analyzes the Optional Protocol to the Convention. In addition to enriching academic studies of international human rights law, the book provides insights into the practical operation of the Convention’s provisions by assessing the practice of the CRPD Committee, the activities of relevant international and regional human rights bodies in enforcing the rights of persons with disabilities and the contracting parties’ implementation practices. Relevant European Court of Human Rights, the Court of Justice of the European Union and, if appropriate, other regional jurisdictions’ case law, as well as the jurisprudence of domestic courts, are taken into consideration. Contributions from leading scholars and international experts make this book an indispensable resource for lawyers, academics, students, journalists, international organizations, NGOs and other stakeholders wanting to better understand the rights of people with disabilities. Furthermore, it makes a valuable contribution to appraising the impact of the Convention in the legal orders of contracting parties and to charting the way forward in the protection of the rights of persons with disabilities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 81 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1005219281

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A Study on the Equal Recognition Before the Law by Anonim Pdf

Author : Paul Harpur
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1107545064

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Discrimination, Copyright and Equality by Paul Harpur Pdf

While equality laws operate to enable access to information, these laws have limited power over the overriding impact of market forces and copyright laws that focus on restricting access to information. Technology now creates opportunities for everyone in the world, regardless of their abilities or disabilities, to be able to access the written word - yet the print disabled are denied reading equality, and have their access to information limited by laws protecting the mainstream use and consumption of information. The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the World Intellectual Property Organization's Marrakesh Treaty have swept in a new legal paradigm. This book contributes to disability rights scholarship, and builds on ideas of digital equality and rights to access in its analysis of domestic disability anti-discrimination, civil rights, human rights, constitutional rights, copyright and other equality measures that promote and hinder reading equality.

Author : Gonzalo Moreno
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 466 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2014-02
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780199981212

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Disability and Equity at Work by Gonzalo Moreno Pdf

Hundreds of millions of people with disabilities around the world are out of work or underemployed. This book documents what can be done to improve the employment situation of people with disabilities globally

Author : European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Discrimination
ISBN : 9279028103

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Equality and non-discrimination by European Commission. Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities Pdf

Author : Ilias Bantekas,Michael Ashley Stein,Dimitris Anastasiou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 1460 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780192538697

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The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by Ilias Bantekas,Michael Ashley Stein,Dimitris Anastasiou Pdf

This treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Each article of the CRPD contains a methodical analysis of the preparatory works, followed by an exhaustive examination of the contents of each article based on case law and concluding observations from the CRPD Committee, judgments from national and international courts and tribunals, pertinent UN and other reports, the key literature on the article under review. The volume features commentary from a broad range of scholars across a variety of disciplines in order to provide a comprehensive study of the legal, psychological, education, sociological, and other aspects of the CPRD. This encyclopaedic commentary on the CRPD effectively covers all the issues arising from international disability law and practice, and will be an ideal resource for all working in the field.

Author : United Nations Publications
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-16
Category : Disabilities
ISBN : 9211303796

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Disability and Development Report by United Nations Publications Pdf

Disability-inclusive development is an essential condition for a sustainable future. In 2015, the United Nations adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, pledging to leave no one behind in the global efforts to realize the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Without the world's one billion persons with disabilities - 15% of the world population - being included as both agents and beneficiaries of development, these Goals will never be achieved. Yet, persons with disabilities are still invisible and often left behind. This United Nations flagship report is the first publication to address, at the global level, the nexus between disability and the Sustainable Development Goals. It is also the first global analysis based on an unprecedented amount of data, legislation and policies from over 100 countries to understand the socio-economic circumstances of persons with disabilities and the challenges and barriers they face in their daily lives. This report examines new areas, like the role of access to energy to enable persons with disabilities to use assistive technology, for which no global research was previously available. And explores the linkages between the Sustainable Development Goals and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities as well as other international relevant norms and standards relating to disability. Against the backdrop of all the available evidence, the report identifies good practices and recommends urgent actions to be taken for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals by, for and with persons with disabilities. The e-book for this publication has been converted into an accessible format for the visually impaired and people with print reading disabilities. It is fully compatible with leading screen-reader technologies such as JAWS and NVDA.