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- Full title :The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : European and Scandinavian perspectives / edited by Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir and Gerard Quinn.
Summary
Highlights the equal and effective enjoyment of human rights by persons with disabilities. Discusses a number of related issues: the shift from the traditional "medical model" of disability to securing the rule of law and human rights; the interdependency between civil and political rights on the one hand and economic, social and cultural rights on the other; the concept of equality and non-discrimination, and implementation and monitoring. Comments on the application of the UN Convention in Nordic domestic law.
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- Publication Date:2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
- Place of Publication:Leiden
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2009.
The Physical Object
- Description:xxiv, 319 pages ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9789004169715, 9004169717
- DOI:10.1163/ej.9789004169715.i-320
- oclc:ocn288379383
- LC Classification:KJC3490
- Dewey Decimal:640.402
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