Human rights and disability advocacy / / edited by Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze

• Pubblicazione: Philadelphia : , : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2014]; ©2014
• Edizione: First edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 323.3
• Soggetto topico: Civil society; Human rights advocacy - History; Non-governmental organizations - Political activity; People with disabilities - Civil rights - History; People with disabilities - Legal status, laws, etc - History
• Soggetto non controllato: Human Rights; Law; Political Science; Public Policy
• Altri autori: SabatelloMaya SchulzeMarianne <1975->
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. A Short History of the International Disability Rights Movement -- Chapter 2. Our Lives, Our Voices: People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families -- Chapter 3. Living in the Community, Access to Justice: Having the Right Makes All the Difference -- Chapter 4. Inclusion or Choice? Securing the Right to Inclusive Education for All -- Chapter 5. An Eye Toward Effective Enforcement: A Technical- Comparative Approach to the Drafting Negotiations -- Chapter 6. Children with Disabilities -- Chapter 7. Women with Disabilities: The Convention Through the Prism of Gender -- Chapter 9. Imagine: To Be a Part of This -- Chapter 10. Indigenous People with Disabilities: The Missing Link -- Chapter 11. At the United Nations . . . “The South Also Exists” -- Chapter 12. Voices Down Under: An Australian Perspective -- Chapter 13. Monitoring the Convention’s Implementation -- Chapter 14. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions -- Chapter 15. The New Diplomacy -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index -- Acknowledgments
• Sommario/riassunto: The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of diplomacy forward: empowering nongovernmental stakeholders, including persons with disabilities, within human rights discourse. This landmark treaty provides an opportunity to consider what it means to involve members of a global civil society in UN-level negotiations. Human Rights and Disability Advocacy brings together perspectives from individual representatives of the Disabled People's Organizations (DPOs), nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), indigenous peoples' organizations, states, and national institutions that played leading roles in the Convention's drafting process. The contributors provide vivid and personal accounts of the paths to victory, including stumbling blocks—not all of which were overcome—and offer a unique look into the politics of civil society organizations both from within and in its interaction with governments. Each essay describes the nonnegotiable key issues for which they advocated; the extent of success in reaching their goals; and insights into the limitations they faced. Through the plurality of voices and insider perspectives, Human Rights and Disability Advocacy presents fresh perspectives on the shift toward a new diplomacy and explores the implication of this model for human rights advocacy more generally. Contributors: Andrew Byrnes, Heidi Forrest, Phillip French, Lex Grandia, Huhana Hickey, Markku Jokinen, Liisa Kauppinen, Mi Yeon Kim, Gerison Lansdown, Connie Laurin-Bowie, Tirza Leibowitz, Don MacKay, Anna MacQuarrie, Ronald C. McCallum AO, Tara J. Melish, Pamela Molina Toledo, Maya Sabatello, Marianne Schulze, Belinda Shaw.
• Titolo autorizzato: Human rights and disability advocacy
• ISBN: 0-8122-0874-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910816383903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Pennsylvania studies in human rights.