International disability law : a practical approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / by Coomaravel Pyaneandee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pyaneandee, Coomaravel, author.

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.

International law and human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (251 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than 50 leading cases. The author elaborates on the obligations of States Parties under the CRPD and other international treaties, while also spelling out the rights of persons with disabilities, and the different mechanisms that exist at both domestic and international levels for ensuring that those rights are respected, protected and promoted. The author also delineates the traditional differentiation between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other. He demonstrates, through analysis of the evolving case law, how the gap between these two sets of rights is gradually closing. The result is a powerful tool for political decisionmakers, academics, legal practitioners, law students, persons with disabilities and their representative organisations, human rights activists and general readers.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Table of cases

Foreword

Preface

Acknowledgements

List of abbreviations

Introduction

PART I General provisions

1 Functions of the CRPD Committee

The establishment of the CRPD Committee

General comments

The salient features of the Convention

The Optional Protocol to the Convention

Admissibility of complaints under the Optional Protocol

Examples of inadmissibility

Interim measures

Inadmissibility of anonymous complaints

Grave or systematic violations

2 Pillars of the CRPD

The Preamble and Article 1 CRPD

Article 2 Definitions

Article 3 General principles

Article 4 General obligations

Article 5 Equality and non-discrimination

Equality before the law

Equality under the law

Equal protection and equal benefit of the law

Discrimination

Reasonable accommodation

Conclusion

Summary of Concluding Observations and Recommendations

3 Women and girls with disabilities

The protection of the rights of women under international law

The scope of Article 6 CRPD

Multiple and/or intersectional discrimination

Freedom from exploitation, violence and abuse

Violence and armed conflict

Forced sterilisation

Discrimination at the crossroads

PART II Civil and political rights

4 Legal capacity and access to justice

Miscarriage of justice

The scope of the right to legal capacity

The meaning of 'support' under Article 12(3)

Article 12(4)

Effective access to the justice system

Reasonable accommodation and procedural accommodation

Article 12

Article 13

5 Security of the person

Introduction.

Liberty, detention and imprisonment

Freedom from torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Torture by omission

Medical or scientific experimentation

Liberty, detention and accessibility

Liberty and institutionalisation

Liberty, security and integrity

Liberty, health and rehabilitation

6 Right to life

The arbitrary deprivation of life

Right to life and freedom from torture

Right to life and the death penalty

Right to life of the unborn and abortion

Right to life and euthanasia

Right to life and enforced disappearance

7 Participation in political and public life

Freedom of opinion and expression

Freedom of expression and official interactions

Participation in political life (the rights to vote and to be elected)

Right to participate in public life

Freedom of association

Freedom of assembly

PART III Economic, social and cultural rights

8 Accessibility

States Parties' obligation in relation to Article 9

Reasonable accommodation and accessibility

Real-time information and access to transport

Universal design

Housing as a key element to inclusive cities

Transportation and public services

ICTs for building inclusive, resilient smart cities

CRPD Committee, General Comment No.2 on Article 9 (Accessibility)

9 Right to education

The origin of the right to education

Barriers to inclusive education

The obligations of States Parties under Article 24 CRPD.

The obligation to progressively realise Article 24 CRPD

Defining exclusion, segregation and integration

Segregation and integration

The meaning of inclusive education

Access to justice

10 Right to work and employment

The origin of the right to work of persons with disabilities

The scope of Article 27 CRPD

Disability-based discrimination under Article 27 CRPD

Reasonable accommodation and discrimination

Quotas

Employment of persons with disabilities: a marketing framework

11 Inclusive independent living

The nature of States Parties' obligations under Article 19

Institutionalisation

Legal capacity

Access to adequate housing

National implementation and monitoring: the way forward

The scope of Article 33 CRPD

Concluding remarks

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-429-95186-8

OCLC:

1051140416