Human rights and disability advocacy / edited by Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze.
2014
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Title
Human rights and disability advocacy / edited by Maya Sabatello and Marianne Schulze.
Published
Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
HV1568 .H855 2014
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780812245479 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0812245474 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
0812245474 (hardcover : alkaline paper)
Description
xvi, 304 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)842880472
Summary
"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. ... 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"--Publisher website.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations
ix
Foreword / Don MacKay
xi
Preface / Ron C. McCallum AO
xv
Introduction
1
1.
A Short History of the International Disability Rights Movement / Maya Sabatello
13
2.
Our Lives, Our Voices: People with Intellectual Disabilities and Their Families / Connie Laurin-Bowie
25
3.
Living in the Community, Access to Justice: Having the Right Makes All the Difference / Tirza Leibowitz
45
4.
Inclusion or Choice? Securing the Right to Inclusive Education for All / Belinda Shaw
58
5.
An Eye Toward Effective Enforcement: A Technical-Comparative Approach to the Drafting Negotiations / Tara J. Melish
70
6.
Children with Disabilities / Gerison Lansdown
97
7.
Women with Disabilities: The Convention Through the Prism of Gender / Mi Yeon Kim
113
8.
Including Deaf Culture and Linguistic Rights / Markku Jokinen
131
9.
Imagine: To Be a Part of This / Lex Grandia
146
10.
Indigenous People with Disabilities: The Missing Link / Huhana Hickey
157
11.
At the United Nations ... "The South Also Exists" / Pamela Molina Toledo
170
12.
Voices Down Under: An Australian Perspective / Phillip French
188
13.
Monitoring the Convention's Implementation / Marianne Schulze
209
14.
The Role of National Human Rights Institutions / Andrew Byrnes
222
15.
The New Diplomacy / Maya Sabatello
239
Notes
259
List of Contributors
289
Index
295
Acknowledgments
303