Human rights and disabled persons : essays and relevant human rights instruments
This collection of essays focuses on the subject of human rights and disability, and compiles international and regional human rights instruments, guidelines and principles which are of special relevance to disabled people.
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xiv, 757 p. ; 25 cm.
9780792332985, 0792332989
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Preface. Essays:- Introduction; F. Newman. Disabled persons and human rights: the legal framework; T. Degener. The significance of equality and non-discrimination for the protection of the rights and dignity of disabled persons; A. Hendriks. Standard rules in the disability field - a new United Nations instrument; B. Lindqvist. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and disability: a conceptual framework; G. Quinn. Disability and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights; P. Alston. A European right to employment for disabled people? L. Waddington. The right of disabled persons not to be subjected to torture, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; M. Nowak, W. Suntinger. The right to health for people with disabilities; K. Tomasevski. The rights of disabled children - the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child; T. Hammarberg. Instruments:- United Nations Human Rights Division. International Labour Organization. World Health Organization. UNESCO. European Region. American Region. African Region. Tables:- Status of Implementation - Tables I-V. Cross-Reference Tables - Tables I-VII. Abbreviations. Index.
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