Disabled People and European Human Rights Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations of law reports
- Table of cases
- Table of legislation
- Introduction
- one Social policy and disabled people: a recent history
- two The Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights: an introduction
- three Disabled people’s human rights: developing social awareness
- four Human rights cases – disabled people: a detailed analysis (UK, European and international)
- five The way forward: policy and practice proposals
- Bibliography
- Appendix I The substantive Articles of the Convention
- Appendix II Human rights instruments – disabled people
- Appendix III Useful Internet addresses
- Index
Appendix II - Human rights instruments – disabled people
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2022
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations of law reports
- Table of cases
- Table of legislation
- Introduction
- one Social policy and disabled people: a recent history
- two The Human Rights Act and the European Convention on Human Rights: an introduction
- three Disabled people’s human rights: developing social awareness
- four Human rights cases – disabled people: a detailed analysis (UK, European and international)
- five The way forward: policy and practice proposals
- Bibliography
- Appendix I The substantive Articles of the Convention
- Appendix II Human rights instruments – disabled people
- Appendix III Useful Internet addresses
- Index
Summary
• UN (1966) International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
• UN (1966) International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
• UN (1971) Declaration on the Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons.
• UN (1975) Declaration on the Rights of Disabled Persons.
• UN (1991) Principles for the Protection of Persons with Mental Illnesses and the Improvement of Mental Health Care.
• UN (1993) Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities.
• UN (1994) General Comment No 5, Persons with Disabilities Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
• UN (1994) Towards full integration of persons with disabilities in society: implementation of the Standard Rules on the Equalization of Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities, and of the Long-Term Strategy to Implement the World Programme of Action concerning Disabled Persons to the Year 2000 and Beyond.
• COE (1965) European Social Charter, (and revised 1999).
• COE (1992) Recommendation No R (92) 6 (Committee of Ministers) 9 April 1992 on a coherent policy for people with disabilities.
• COE (1990) Recommendation No R (90) 22 on the protection of the mental health of certain vulnerable groups in society.
• COE (1989) European Convention for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
• COE (1999) European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the Human Being with Regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
• COE (2000) White Paper on the protection of the human rights and dignity of people suffering from mental disorder, especially those placed as involuntary patients in a psychiatric establishment.
These instruments can be accessed at various Internet addresses, although the University of Minnesota Human Rights Library has an excellent site at: www1.umn.edu/humanrts/index.html
For a comprehensive overview of the UN disability related provisions, see Quinn and Degener, 2000.
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- Disabled People and European Human RightsA Review of the Implications of the 1998 Human Rights Act for Disabled Children and Adults in the UK, pp. 120Publisher: Bristol University PressPrint publication year: 2003