Human Rights and Disability Advocacy.
Sabatello, Maya.
Human Rights and Disability Advocacy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Short History of the International Disability Rights Movement -- 2. Our Lives, Our Voices: People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families -- 3. Living in the Community, Access to Justice: Having the Right Makes All the Difference -- 4. Inclusion or Choice? Securing the Right to Inclusive Education for All -- 5. An Eye Toward Effective Enforcement: A Technical-Comparative Approach to the Drafting Negotiations -- 6. Children with Disabilities -- 7. Women with Disabilities: The Convention Through the Prism of Gender -- 8. Including Deaf Culture and Linguistic Rights -- 9. Imagine: To Be a Part of This -- 10. Indigenous People with Disabilities: The Missing Link -- 11. At the United Nations . . . "The South Also Exists" -- 12. Voices Down Under: An Australian Perspective -- 13. Monitoring the Convention's Implementation -- 14. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions -- 15. The New Diplomacy -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Human Rights and Disability Advocacy brings together perspectives from civil society representatives who played key roles in the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, shedding light on the emergent practices of a "new diplomacy" and the larger enterprise of human rights advocacy at the international level.
9780812208740
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol-(2007 March 30).
Civil society.
Human rights advocacy-History.
Non-governmental organizations-Political activity.
People with disabilities-Civil rights-History.
People with disabilities-Legal status, laws, etc.-History.
Electronic books.
HV1568 -- .H855 2014eb
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Human Rights and Disability Advocacy. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (321 pages) - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series . - Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Series .
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. A Short History of the International Disability Rights Movement -- 2. Our Lives, Our Voices: People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families -- 3. Living in the Community, Access to Justice: Having the Right Makes All the Difference -- 4. Inclusion or Choice? Securing the Right to Inclusive Education for All -- 5. An Eye Toward Effective Enforcement: A Technical-Comparative Approach to the Drafting Negotiations -- 6. Children with Disabilities -- 7. Women with Disabilities: The Convention Through the Prism of Gender -- 8. Including Deaf Culture and Linguistic Rights -- 9. Imagine: To Be a Part of This -- 10. Indigenous People with Disabilities: The Missing Link -- 11. At the United Nations . . . "The South Also Exists" -- 12. Voices Down Under: An Australian Perspective -- 13. Monitoring the Convention's Implementation -- 14. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions -- 15. The New Diplomacy -- Notes -- List of Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments.
Human Rights and Disability Advocacy brings together perspectives from civil society representatives who played key roles in the drafting of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, shedding light on the emergent practices of a "new diplomacy" and the larger enterprise of human rights advocacy at the international level.
9780812208740
Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol-(2007 March 30).
Civil society.
Human rights advocacy-History.
Non-governmental organizations-Political activity.
People with disabilities-Civil rights-History.
People with disabilities-Legal status, laws, etc.-History.
Electronic books.
HV1568 -- .H855 2014eb
323.3