Human rights and disability advocacy / edited by Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sabatello, Maya.

Schulze, Marianne, 1975-

Series:

Pennsylvania studies in human rights

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

People with disabilities--Civil rights--History.

People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc--History.

Human rights advocacy--History.

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol (2007 March 30).

Non-governmental organizations--Political activity.

Civil society.

Non-governmental organizations.

Human rights advocacy.

History.

People with disabilities--Legal status, laws, etc.

People with disabilities--Civil rights.

People with disabilities.

Physical Description:

xvi, 304 pages ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]

Summary:

"The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. ... Human Rights and Disability Advocacy brings together perspectives from individual representatives of the Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), indigenous peoples' organizations, states, and national institutions that played leading roles in the Convention's drafting process. The contributors provide vivid and personal accounts of the paths to victory, including stumbling blocks--not all of which were overcome--and offer a unique look into the politics of civil society organizations both from within and in its interaction with governments. Each essay describes the nonnegotiable key issues for which they advocated; the extent of success in reaching their goals; and insights into the limitations they faced. Through the plurality of voices and insider perspectives, Human Rights and Disability Advocacy presents fresh perspectives on the shift toward a new diplomacy and explores the implication of this model for human rights advocacy more generally."--Publisher website.

Contents:

A short history of the international disability rights movement / Maya Sabatello

Our lives, our voices : people with intellectual disabilities and their families / Anna MacQuarrie and Connie Laurin-Bowie

Living in the community, access to justice : having the right makes all the difference / Tirza Leibowitz

Inclusion or choice? : securing the right to inclusive education for all / Belinda Shaw

An eye toward effective enforcement : a technical-comparative approach to the drafting negotiations / Tara J. Melish

Children with disabilities / Gerison Lansdown

Women with disabilities : the Convention through the prism of gender / Mi Yeon Kim

Including deaf culture and linguistic rights / Liisa Kauppinen and Markku Jokinen

Imagine : to be a part of this / Lex Grandia

Indigenous people with disabilities : the missing link / Huhana Hickey

At the United Nations : "the South also exists" / Pamela Molina Toledo

Voices down under : an Australian perspective / Heidi Forrest and Phillip French

Monitoring the Convention's implementation / Marianne Schulze

The role of national human rights institutions / Andrew Byrnes

The new diplomacy / Maya Sabatello.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812245479

0812245474

OCLC:

842880472