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Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"This book provides an international comparative study of the implementation of disability rights law and policy focused on the emerging principles of self-determination and personalisation. It explores how these principles have been enshrined in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and how different jurisdictions have implemented them to enable meaningful engagement and participation by persons with disabilities...
Author
Publisher
Routledge
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"The recognition of positive rights and the growing impact of human rights principles has recently orchestrated a number of reforms in mental health law, bringing increasing entitlement to an array of health services. In this book, Penelope Weller considers the relationship between human rights and mental health law, and the changing attitudes which have led to the recognition of a right to demand treatment internationally. Weller discusses the ability...
6) The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: European and Scandinavian perspectives
Series
International studies in human rights volume 100
Publisher
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English