Critical perspectives on human rights and disability law / edited by Marcia H. Rioux, Lee Ann Basser, Melinda Jones.
2011
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Title
Critical perspectives on human rights and disability law / edited by Marcia H. Rioux, Lee Ann Basser, Melinda Jones.
Published
Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2011.
Call Number
K637 .C75 2011
ISBN
9789004189508 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004189505 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9004189505 (hbk. : alk. paper)
Description
xvi, 552 pages ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)681536354
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Foreword / Ron McCallum
ix
Acknowledgements
xi
List of Contributors
xiii
Introduction
1
pt. I
HUMAN RIGHTS PRINCIPLES
Human Dignity / Lee Ann Basser
17
Values in Disability Policy and Law: Equality / Christopher A. Riddle
37
Inclusion, Social Inclusion and Participation / Melinda Jones
57
pt. II
ADVANCING DIGNITY
Introduction: Dignity
85
Valuing All Lives -- Even "Wrongful" Ones / Melinda Jones
87
Children at the Edge of Life: Parents, Doctors and Children's Rights / Michael Freeman
117
Involuntary Treatment, Human Dignity and Human Rights / Genevra Richardson
137
Sites of Exclusion: Disabled Women's Sexual, Reproductive and Parenting Rights / Ena Chadha
157
Price v UK: The Importance of Human Rights Principles in Promoting the Rights of Disabled Prisoners in the United Kingdom / Angela Lay Cock
201
pt. III
ENSURING EQUALITY
Introduction: Equality
241
Beyond Legal Smokescreens: Applying a Human Rights Analysis to Sterilization Jurisprudence / Lora Patton
243
The Role of Reasonable Accommodation in Securing Substantive Equality for Persons with Disabilities: The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Rebecca Brown
273
Legal Protection of Persons with Disabilities in Kenya: Human Rights Imperatives / Kithure Kindiki
309
Corporate Selective Reporting of Clinical Drug Trial Results as a Violation of the Right to Health / Aaron A. Dhir
341
pt. IV
PROMOTING INCLUSION AND PARTICIPATION
Introduction: Inclusion and Participation
369
Political Participation for People with Disabilities / Michael Waterstone
371
The Right to Live a Life Free of Violence for People with Disabilities / Rodrigo Jimenez
397
Standard Rules on Equality of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities: Legal View of Provisions on Support Services, Auxiliary Resources and Training / View from Latin America / Maria Soledad Cisternas Reyes
419
Monitoring Human Rights: A Holistic Approach / Paula C. Pinto
451
Conclusion
479
APPENDICES
Appendix A
Case list
493
Appendix B
Cited Significant Human Rights Instruments
498
Bibliography
505
Index
527