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The United Nations' Decade of Disabled Persons has served as a time for standard setting in the field of human rights and disability, and has created the need to evaluate the relevant human rights instruments for disabled persons. This unique volume responds to this need by offering a collection of profound essays on the subject of human rights and disability, and an extensive compilation of international and regional human rights instruments, guidelines and principles which are of special relevance to disabled people. It will serve organizations of disabled people as well as governments throughout the world as a resource and as an introduction to human rights and disability. No comprehensive compilation of this kind exists, and so far commentaries on the meaning of the International Bill of Human Rights or other human rights treaties have not made reference to disabled people. This shortcoming may be one reason for the widely prevailing notion that disability is a welfare issue rather than a human rights issue.
| Acknowledgements | |
| Preface | |
| Introduction | p. 3 |
| Disabled persons and human rights: the legal framework | p. 9 |
| The significance of equality and non-discrimination for the protection of the rights and dignity of disabled persons | p. 40 |
| Standard Rules in the disability field - a new United Nations instrument | p. 63 |
| The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and disability: a conceptual framework | p. 69 |
| Disability and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights | p. 94 |
| A European right to employment for disabled people? | p. 106 |
| The right of disabled persons not to be subjected to torture, inhuman and degrading treatment or punishment | p. 117 |
| The right to health for people with disabilities | p. 131 |
| The rights of disabled children - the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child | p. 147 |
| United Nations Human Rights Division | |
| International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (1966) | p. 159 |
| International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) | p. 184 |
| Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989) | p. 198 |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (1965) | p. 225 |
| Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979) | p. 242 |
| Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1984) | p. 259 |
| Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) | p. 277 |
| Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (1993) | p. 285 |
| World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons (1982) | p. 320 |
| Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons (1971) | p. 371 |
| Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons (1975) | p. 373 |
| Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illness and the Improvement of Mental Health Care (1991) | p. 376 |
| Tallinn Guidelines for Action on Human Resources Development in the Field of Disability (1990) | p. 392 |
| Body of Principles for the Protection of all Persons under Any Form of Detention or Imprisonment (1988) | p. 402 |
| Principles of Medical Ethics relevant to the Role of Health Personnel, particularly Physicians, in the Protection of Prisoners and Detainees against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1982) | p. 414 |
| Declaration on the Elimination of Violence Against Women (1993) | p. 416 |
| Declaration on the Right to Development (1986) | p. 423 |
| Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action (1993) | p. 429 |
| International Labour Organization | |
| Convention concerning Discrimination in Respect of Employment and Occupation, No. 111 (1958) | p. 446 |
| Convention concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons), Convention No. 159 (1983) | p. 452 |
| Convention concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, Convention No. 142 (1975) | p. 458 |
| Recommendation concerning Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment (Disabled Persons), Recommendation No. 168 (1983) | p. 463 |
| Recommendation concerning Vocational Rehabilitation of the Disabled, Recommendation No. 99 (1955) | p. 475 |
| Recommendation concerning Vocational Guidance and Vocational Training in the Development of Human Resources, Recommendation No. 150 (1975) | p. 488 |
| World Health Organization | |
| Declaration of Alma Ata (1978) | p. 523 |
| Declaration on the Promotion of Patients' Rights in Europe (1994) | p. 527 |
| UNESCO | |
| Convention against Discrimination in Education (1960) | p. 544 |
| Sundberg Declaration (1981) | p. 553 |
| World Declaration on Education for All (1990) | p. 559 |
| European Region | |
| European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1950) | p. 569 |
| First Protocol to the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (1952) | p. 591 |
| European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (1987) | p. 594 |
| European Social Charter (1961) | p. 604 |
| Additional Protocol to the European Social Charter (1988) | p. 629 |
| Protocol amending the European Social Charter (1991) | p. 640 |
| American Region | |
| American Convention on Human Rights (1969) | p. 646 |
| Additional Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights in the Area of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1988) | p. 679 |
| African Region | |
| African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (1981) | p. 692 |
| Notes on the contributors | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
ISBN: 9780792332985
ISBN-10: 0792332989
Series: International Studies in Human Rights
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 776
Published: 1st November 1994
Dimensions (cm): 23.0 x 16.5
x 4.7
Weight (kg): 1.309
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