Disability in international human rights law / Gauthier de Beco.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Beco, Gauthier.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Optional Protocol.

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

People with disabilities.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

xi, 221p.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This book demonstrates the benefits of placing disabled people at the heart of international human rights law. It explores the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on the whole field of international human rights law, and studies the relationship between the Convention rights and those protected by other treaties.

Contents:

cover

Disability in International Human Rights Law

Copyright

Contents

Introduction: The Book

Literature

Aims and Method

Structure

I. Concepts: The Integration of Disability into International Human Rights Law

1. Historical Background: Towards a Human Rights Treaty for Disabled People

1.1 The Adoption of the CRPD

1.2 Disabled People and Human Rights Treaties

2. Conceptual Background: Disability in the Field of International Human Rights Law

2.1 Disability and the CRPD

2.1.1 Different Models of Disability

2.1.2 The Social Model and the CRPD

2.2 Disability and the International Human Rights System

2.2.1 International Human Rights Law

2.2.2 Global Policy Making

3. Theoretical Background: The Inclusion of Disabled People

3.1 Disability and the Autonomous Individual

3.1.1 Independence

3.1.2 Social Contract Theory

3.2 The Inclusion of Disabled People

3.2.1 Capabilities Theory

3.2.2 Recognition Theory

4. Normative Background: The Dis-​abled Subject in International Human Rights Law

4.1 The Legal Subject in International Human Rights Law

4.1.1 The Disembodied Legal Subject

4.1.2 The Embodied Legal Subject

4.2 Human Diversity in International Human Rights Law

4.2.1 The Vulnerable Subject

4.2.2 The Dis-​abled Subject

II. Standards: Human Rights for Disabled People and Beyond

5. Legal Capacity: A Challenging Priority

5.1 The Right to Legal Capacity

5.1.1 Prior to the CRPD

5.1.2 Article 12 of the CRPD

5.1.3 The CRPD's New Emphasis

5.2 Implications for International Human Rights Law

5.2.1 The Universality of Legal Capacity

5.2.2 Closing the Gap

6. Inclusive Education: A Hidden Priority

6.1 The Right to Education

6.1.1 Prior to the CRPD

6.1.2 Article 24 of the CRPD

6.1.3 The CRPD's New Emphasis.

6.2 Implications for International Human Rights Law

6.2.1 The Universality of Inclusive Education

6.2.2 Closing the Gap

7. Work: A Needed Priority

7.1 The Right to Work

7.1.1 Prior to the CRPD

7.1.2 Article 27 of the CRPD

7.1.3 The CRPD's New Emphasis

7.2 Implications for International Human Rights Law

7.2.1 The Universality of Work

7.2.2 Closing the Gap

8. Political Participation: An Ultimate Priority

8.1 The Right to Political Participation

8.1.1 Prior to the CRPD

8.1.2 Article 29 of the CRPD

8.1.3 The CRPD's New Emphasis

8.2 Implications for International Human Rights Law

8.2.1 The Universality of Political Participation

8.2.2 Closing the Gap

III. Implementation: From Rights to Reality

9. Participation: 'Nothing About Us Without Us'

9.1 Participation of Disabled People in the Negotiation Process

9.2 Participation of Disabled People in the Implementation of the CRPD

9.3 Participation in International Human Rights Law

10. Monitoring: The Role of Independent Mechanisms

10.1 National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs)

10.2 Framework Including One or More Independent Mechanisms

10.3 Lessons for International Human Rights Law

11. Conclusion: From the Margins to the Centre

11.1 Context and Main Findings

11.2 Integrating Disability into International Human Rights Law

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9780192557933 : (ebk : OxfordScholarship)

OCLC:

1269101032