The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law: From Charity to Human Rights - Softcover

Kanter, Arlene S.

 
9781138094338: The Development of Disability Rights Under International Law: From Charity to Human Rights

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The adoption of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities (CPRD) by the United Nations in 2006 is the first comprehensive and binding treaty on the rights of people with disabilities. This book analyses the development of disability rights as an international human rights movement. Focusing on the United States and countries in Asia, Africa, the Middle East the book examines the status of people with disabilities under international law prior to the adoption of the CPRD, and follows the development of human rights protections through the convention's drafting process.

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Arlene S. Kanter is the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor of Law and Director of the Disability Law and Policy Program at Syracuse University College of Law, USA.

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ISBN 10:  0415524512 ISBN 13:  9780415524513
Verlag: Routledge, 2014
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