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The right to decent work of persons with disabilities / Arthur O'Reilly.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Reilly, Arthur.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- People with disabilities--Employment--Law and legislation.
- People with disabilities.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities--Law and legislation.
- Discrimination against people with disabilities.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (162 p.)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Geneva, Switzerland : International Labour Office, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This publication provides an invaluable overview of the principal international legal instruments, policies and initiatives of relevance to the rights of people with disabilities, with a particular focus on employment and work. It focuses on the different options available to people with disabilities who wish to work in open/competitive employment, sheltered employment, supported employment and social enterprises and examines the trends in each of these categories, highlighting the key issues faced in each case.
- Contents:
- Preface; CONTENTS; Introduction; The right to decent work of persons with disabilities: Summary overview; 1. International legal instruments and policy initiatives concerning the right to work of persons with disabilities; 2. Work and employment options; 3. Measures to facilitate work and employment; 4. Key issues and an agenda for action; Annexes; 1. Early historical development of work and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities (1900-1930); 2. Definitions
- 3. Ratifications of the ILO Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons) Convention, 1983 (No. 159), as at October 20074. Ratifications and signatures of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), as at October 2007; 5. Council of Europe Action Plan to Promote the Rights and Full Participation of People with Disabilities in Society: Improving the Quality of Life of People with Disabilities in Europe 2006-2015
- Notes:
- "First published as a working paper 2003"-- t.p. verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 146-149).
- ISBN:
- 92-2-120145-7
- OCLC:
- 700697578
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