The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities European and Scandinavian perspectives /

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Quinn, G. (Gerard)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.
Series:International studies in human rights ; v. 100.
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Table of Contents:
  • Disability studies, the social model and legal developments / Rannveig Traustadóttir
  • Future prospects for the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Michael Ashley Stein and Janet E. Lord
  • A future of multidimensional disadvantage equality? / Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir
  • From invisibility to indivisibility : the international Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Ida Elisabeth Koch
  • The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and European disability law : a catalyst for cohesion? / Anna Lawson
  • Breaking new ground : the implications of ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities for the European community / Lisa Waddington
  • The protection of the rights of persons with disabilities in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights / Davíđ Pór Björgvinsson
  • Extracting protection for the rights of persons with disabilities from human rights frameworks : established limits and new possibilities / Colm O'Cinneide
  • General themes relevant to the implementation of the UN disability convention into domestic law : who is responsible for the implementation and how should it be performed? / Holger Kallehauge
  • Resisting the 'temptation of elegance' : can the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities socialise states to right behaviour? / Gerard Quinn
  • The implementation of the UN convention and the development of economical and social rights as human rights / Brynhildur G. Flóvenz
  • The UN convention in Nordic domestic law : lessons learned from other treaties / Ragnhildur Helgadóttir.