Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 2014

Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

Edited by: Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze

In the series Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights

https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812208740

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Maya Sabatello teaches international law at the Center for Global Affairs of New York University. Marianne Schulze is a human rights consultant based in Vienna.

Reviews

"The authors have embarked on a fascinating, original, and groundbreaking project to tell the story of how the CRPD came to be."—Michael Perlin, New York Law School

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
Foreword Don MacKay Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Preface Ron C. McCallum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xv
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter 1. A Short History of the International Disability Rights Movement Maya Sabatello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
Chapter 2. Our Lives, Our Voices: People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families Anna MacQuarrie and Connie Laurin- Bowie Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
Chapter 3. Living in the Community, Access to Justice: Having the Right Makes All the Difference Tirza Leibowitz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Chapter 4. Inclusion or Choice? Securing the Right to Inclusive Education for All Belinda Shaw Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	58
Chapter 5. An Eye Toward Effective Enforcement: A Technical- Comparative Approach to the Drafting Negotiations Tara J. Melish Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	70
Chapter 6. Children with Disabilities Gerison Lansdown Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities: The Convention Through the Prism of Gender Mi Yeon Kim Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	113
Chapter 9. Imagine: To Be a Part of This Lex Grandia Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
Chapter 10. Indigenous People with Disabilities: The Missing Link Huhana Hickey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
Chapter 11. At the United Nations . . . “The South Also Exists” Pamela Molina Toledo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	170
Chapter 12. Voices Down Under: An Australian Perspective Heidi Forrest and Phillip French Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	188
Chapter 13. Monitoring the Convention’s Implementation Marianne Schulze Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Chapter 14. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions Andrew Byrnes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	222
Chapter 15. The New Diplomacy Maya Sabatello Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	239
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	289
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	303

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 320
Keywords: Law; Public Policy; Human Rights; Law; Political Science

eBook

Published: November 14, 2013
ISBN: 9780812208740