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International Disability Law: A Practical Approach to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than fifty leading cases. The book also delineates the traditional differentiation between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other.
| Author(s) | By Coomara Pyaneandee. |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 218 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 22 Jun 2018 |
| Availability | Available |
This book provides a concise guide to international disability law. It analyses the case law of the CRPD Committee and other international human rights treaty bodies, and provides commentaries on more than fifty leading cases. The book also delineates the traditional differentiation between civil and political rights on the one hand, and economic, social and cultural rights on the other.
1: INTRODUCTION; 2: PART I; 3: CHAPTER 1 The CRPD Committee, Rules of Procedure and the Optional Protocol to the Convention; 4: CHAPTER 2 Fundamental Principles, and Equality and Non-Discrimination (Articles 1 - 5); 5: CHAPTER 3 Women and Girls with Disab
Coomaravel Pyaneandee has been a practising barrister for 17 years and is the current Vice-Chairperson of the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. He holds an LLB and an LLM in Public Law from the University of London. His main areas o
