Essays about: "Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 20 essays containing the words Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

  1. 1. Reasonable accommodation - at what cost?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Axel Edling; [2023]
    Keywords : Public international law; International labour law; International disability law; Reasonable accommodation; Right to work; Persons with disabilities; UNCRPD; Article 27; Jungelin; Sahlin; V.F.C.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is not only the main instrument of international disability law, but also connects the field with a multitude of other areas of international human rights law. In its 27th Article it guarantees the right to work for persons with disabilities, thereby bridging the gap between international disability- and international labour law. READ MORE

  3. 2. Mechanical restraint in psychiatric healthcare facilities : A helpful tool, or torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in disguise?

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Julia Rudhe; [2021]
    Keywords : Mechanical restraint; torture; international human rights; UNCAT; CRPD; survivor-controlled research; bältesläggning;

    Abstract : The use of mechanical restraint is a common practice in psychiatric care, often defended by medical necessity but seldom questioned from a human rights perspective. The purpose of this thesis has been to investigate under which circumstances mechanical restraint by bed through belt fixation could amount to torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. READ MORE

  4. 3. Bron till delaktighet : tillgängliga gröna utomhusmiljöer för personer med autismspektrumtillstånd (AST)

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Tove Johansson; [2021]
    Keywords : landskapsarkitektur; tillgänglighet; delaktighet; autismspektrumtillstånd;

    Abstract : Syftet med examensarbetet är att undersöka vad landskapsarkitekter behöver ta hänsyn till för att tillgängliggöra gröna utomhusmiljöer för personer med autismspektrumtillstånd (AST), utifrån de behov som dessa personer kan uppleva. Flera kurser under landskapsarkitektutbildningen har uppmärksammat begreppen ”tillgänglighet” och ”gestaltning för alla”. READ MORE

  5. 4. ‘Imagine all the people sharing all the rights’: The application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights with a focus on the right to vote

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Noémi Báthory-Okunlola; [2021]
    Keywords : disability law; right to vote; legal capacity; guardianship; European Court of Human Rights; CRPD; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis covers human rights violations against persons with disabilities, focusing on their right to political life and the right to vote, using the framework of critical disability theory. The aim of the thesis is two-folded: it analyses the use of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the adjudication of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a focus on the right to vote of persons with disabilities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Policy Approaches to Dis/ability Inclusive Development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linda Margareta Sebbas; [2021]
    Keywords : disability mainstreaming; inclusive development; SIDA; social model of disability; thematic analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Dis/ability rights have for a long time been excluded from the discourse and practice of international development. This has taken a turn with the creation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. READ MORE