Recognising human rights in different cultural contexts : the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) /
edited by Emily Julia Kakoullis, Kelley Johnson.
Electronic book available from Ebook Central platform.
Introduction / I. Culture, disability and the CRPD -- Legal culture and the CRPD / Anthropology, disability and the CRPD / Recognising cultural diversity : implications for persons with disabilities / A personal reflection on indigeneity, colonisation and CRPD / II. The ratification process : to be or not to be? -- The failure of the United States to ratify the CRPD / The long road to ratification : Ireland and the CRPD / A consultative culture? The ratification process for the CRPD in Cyprus / A Janus-faced affair : Sri Lanka's ratification of the CRPD / III. Making disability human rights happen? Cultural challenges to implementing the CRPD -- The ‘transposition’ of Article 12 of the CRPD in China and its potential impact on Chinese legal capacity law and culture / Implementation of Article 19 of the CRPD in Hungary and its impact on the deinstitutionalisation process so far / Implementing Article 19 of the CRPD in Nordic welfare states : the culture of welfare and the CRPD / Article 30 of the CRPD as a vehicle for social transformation : harnessing the CRPD’s potential for persons with intellectual disabilities / IV. Monitoring the CRPD : resolving conflicting interests? -- Was ratification of the CRPD the high watermark for United Kingdom disability rights? Ten years of monitoring implementation of the CRPD / The role of disabled people’s organisations in promoting the CRPD in Indonesia / The process of state party reporting to the CRPD committee : the Indian experience / Conclusion / Emily Julia Kakoullis and Kelley Johnson -- Gerard Quinn -- James G. Rice -- Kelley Johnson -- Huhana Hickey -- Arlene S. Kanter -- Eilionóir Flynn -- Emily Julia Kakoullis -- Dinesha Samararatne -- Huang Yi -- Magdi Birtha -- Ciara Brennan and Rannveig Traustadóttir -- Matthew S. Smith and Michael Ashley Stein -- Neil Crowther and Liz Sayce OBE -- Dina Afrianty -- Amita Dhanda -- Kelley Johnson and Emily Julia Kakoullis.
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Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30)
People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc. People with disabilities--Civil rights. Human rights.