The United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities : a commentary
Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations of Reviews and Encyclopedia -- From Invisible Citizens to Agents of Change: A Short History of the Struggle for the Recognition of the Rights of Persons with... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Dis...Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- About the Editors and Contributors -- Abbreviations -- Abbreviations of Reviews and Encyclopedia -- From Invisible Citizens to Agents of Change: A Short History of the Struggle for the Recognition of the Rights of Persons with... -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Disability Policy in the United Nations: Before the Dawn -- 2.1 Disabled Persons as Invisible Citizens, 1945-1970 -- 2.2 Disabled Persons as Subjects of Rehabilitation, 1970-1980 -- 2.3 Disabled Persons as Objects of Human Rights, 1980-2000 -- 2.3.1 The World Programme of Action Concerning Disabled Persons -- 2.3.2 ILO Convention 159 -- 2.3.3 Breaking Onto the Agenda of the Commission on Human Rights -- 2.3.4 The Standard Rules -- 2.3.5 The Emergence of the Disability Rights Movement -- 2.4 Disabled Persons as Agents of Human Rights in the New Millennium -- 2.4.1 Calls for a Convention Grow Louder -- 2.4.2 but Old Attitudes Remain a Stumbling Block -- 3 Asserting Rights: Drafting the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities -- 3.1 The First Meeting: Still No Agreement on the Need for a Convention -- 3.2 The Second Meeting: Securing the Participation of Persons with Disabilities -- 3.3 The Working Group: Drafting Begins -- 3.4 The First Reading of the Draft: Momentum Stalls -- 3.5 The Second Reading: The Ad Hoc Committee Gets Down to Business -- 3.5.1 Legal Capacity -- 3.5.2 Forced Intervention and Institutionalisation -- 3.5.3 Social, Religious and Cultural Values -- 3.5.4 Inclusion versus Segregation -- 3.5.5 Women and Children with Disabilities -- 3.5.6 Conclusion of the Second Reading -- 3.6 The Third Reading: The Chair Issues a Clean Text -- 3.6.1 Legal Capacity -- 3.6.2 Forced Intervention and Institutionalisation -- 3.6.3 Social, Religious and Cultural Values -- 3.6.4 Inclusion versus Segregation.Full descriptionless...