The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, a commentary
Ilias Bantekas (Editor),Michael Ashley Stein (Editor),Dēmētrēs Anastasiou (Editor)
This treatise is a detailed article-by-article examination of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). Each article of the CRPD contains a methodical analysis of the preparatory works, followed by an exhaustive examination of the contents of each article based on case law and concluding observations from the CRPD Committee, judgments from national and international courts and tribunals, pertinent UN and other reports, the key literature on the article under review. The volume features commentary from a broad range of scholars across a variety of disciplines in order to provide a comprehensive study of the legal, psychological, education, sociological, and other aspects of the CRPD
Print Book,English, 2018
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Oxford University Press, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2018
Law commentaries
xciv, 1282 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
9780198810667, 0198810660
1041925625
Preamble / Janet Lord
Article 1: Purpose / Emily Kakoullis and Yoshikazu Ikehara
Article 2: Definitions / Anna Nilsson
Article 3: General principles / Sarah Arduin
Article 4: General obligations / Andrea Broderick
Article 5: Equality and non-discrimination / Jessica Lynn Corsi
Article 6: Women with disabilities / Roxanne Mykitiuk and Ena Chadha
Article 7: Children with disabilities / Ilias Bantekas
Article 8: Awareness-raising / Francisco Bariffi
Article 9: Accessibility / Anna Lawson
Article 10: Right to life / Smitha Nizar
Article 11: Situations of risk and humanitarian emergencies / Stephanie Motz
Article 12: CRPD : equal recognition before the law / Lucy Series and Anna Nilsson
Article 13: Access to justice / Eilionor Flynn
Article 14: Liberty and security of the person / Michael Perlin and Eva Szeli
Article 15: Protection against torture and cruel or inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment / Phil Fennell
Article 16: Freedom from exploitation, violence, and abuse / Amanda Keeling
Article 17: Protecting the integrity of the person / Francesco Seatzu
Article 18: Liberty of movement and nationality / Lawrence Mute
Article 19: Living independently and being included in the community / János Fiala-Butora, Arie Rimmerman, and Ayelet Gur
Article 20: Personal mobility / Lalin Kovudhikulrungsri and Aart Hendriks
Article 21: Freedom of expression and opinion, and access to information / Eliza Varney
Article 22: Respect for privacy / Molly Land, Anthony Giannoumis, Aga Kitkowska, and Maria Mikhaylova
Article 23: Respect for home and family / János Fiala-Butora
Article 24: Education / Dimitris Anastasiou, Michael Gregory, and James M Kauffman
Article 25: Health / Penelope Weller
Article 26: Habilitation and rehabilitation / Jerome Bickenbach and Dimitrios Skempes
Article 27: Work and employment / Ilias Bantekas, Facundo Pennilas, and Stefan Trömel
Article 28: Adequate standard of living and social protection / Kevin Cremin
Article 29: Participation in political and public life / Ilze Grobelaar Du Plessis and Jehoshaphat Njau
Article 30: Participation in cultural life, recreation, leisure, and sport / Ilias Bantekas, Pok Yin Stephenson Chow, Stavroula Karapapa, and Eleni Polymenopoulou
Article 31: Statistics and data collection / Mads Pedersen and Federico Ferretti
Article 32: International cooperation / Janet E Lord and Michael Ashley Stein
Article 33: National implementation and monitoring / Valentin Aichele
Article 34: Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Katherine Guernsey
Article 35: Reports by States Parties / Arlene Kanter
Article 36: Consideration of reports / Helene Combrinck
Article 37: Cooperation between States Parties and the Committee / Kris Gledhill
Article 38: Relationship of the Committee with other bodies / Ilias Bantekas
Article 39: Report of the Committee / Mary Pat Treuthart
Article 40: Conference of States Parties / Ilias Bantekas
Article 41: The Secretary-General of the United Nations shall be the depositary of the present convention / Ilias Bantekas
Article 42: Signature / Ilias Bantekas
Article 43: Consent to be bound / Ilias Bantekas
Article 44: Regional integration organizations / Jacob Katz Cogan
Article 45: Entry into force / Ilias Bantekas
Article 46: Reservations / Ilias Bantekas
Article 47: Amendments / Konstantinos Magliveras
Article 48: Denunciation / Ilias Bantekas
Article 49: Accessible format / Eliza Varney
Article 50: Authentic texts / Ilias Bantekas
Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Tina Stavrinaki
Includes table of cases