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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities"”.
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The UN Convention on the rights of persons with disabilities: New challenges for EU equality law and governance
Introduction: The present research aims to analyse the impact of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD hereinafter) on the EU legal order and governance. To this end, it will focus on three different dimensions: international human rights law, EU law and domestic law.
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A critical analysis of the right to liberty of persons with psychosocial disabilities under the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Convention on Human Rights
This thesis undertakes a critical analysis of the right to liberty of persons with psychosocial disabilities as contained within Article 14 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). While both of these …
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Creating and Enabling a Sustainable Livelihood for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: A Comparative Case Study of Ghana and Canada.
Abstract Despite the plethora of published studies on rights, including employment rights, for persons with intellectual disabilities (Hatton, 2002; Tarulli, et al., 2004; Ward & Stewart, 2008), relatively few have discussed their applicability to individuals with intellectual disabilities to …
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Occupations of citizenship : the missing layer in empowered engagement between rural people with disabilities and primary healthcare workers in South Africa
Background: People with disabilities in impoverished rural areas of South Africa struggle to access healthcare, despite the right to health established by the Constitution and the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Health system challenges and structural …
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Reimagining Ability, Reimagining America: Teaching Disability in United States History Classes
<p>In service to the FAIR Education Act (2012) and the awareness-raising mission of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2008), this project reviews historical and educational literature about disability in the United States and provides a curriculum guide for teaching Human …
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A luta pelo acesso à educação infantil: “as vozes das mães de crianças com deficiência: um estudo no polo 8 no município de João Pessoa”
This work aims to analyze reports of mothers and / or guardians of children with disabilities, aged between (zero to five years old), in the quest for access, characterized in this work by the registration and permanence in the education system. This paper will also present a brief history of the …
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Enhancing workplace inclusion for persons with disabilities in South Africa
The mini dissertation explores the barriers and facilitators to workforce participation for persons with disabilities in South Africa, evaluating how policies and initiatives compare to global and regional standards. The research highlights the systemic challenges faced by persons with …
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Assessing the efficacy of Kenya's international and national obligations in enhancing the effective political participation of persons with disabilities (PWDs) in Kenya
The overall objective of this research is to examine the effectiveness of Kenya's legal frameworks (including the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD), Constitution of Kenya (CoK) and Persons with Disabilities Act (PDA)) that condition the political …
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Supporting the contraceptive decision-making of adults with intellectual disabilities: A socio-legal examination
Historically, people with intellectual disabilities have been denied the right to make decisions about their own lives. Today, debates continue regarding how to conceptualise decision-making rights and how people with cognitive or psychosocial disabilities should be supported to exercise them. …
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A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of the persons with disabilities ACT in promoting and protecting the welfare of persons with disabilities: a case of the physically handicapped
Persons with disabilities, specifically the physically disabled constitutes the largest group of the population comprising 35.2 percent of persons with disabilities, with a larger part living in rural areas. They have been and continue to be marginalized as a result of prejudice and as such they …
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A Critical Analysis of the Efficacy of the persons with disabilities ACT in promoting and protecting the welfare of persons with disabilities: a case of the physically handicapped
Persons with disabilities, specifically the physically disabled constitutes the largest group of the population comprising 35.2 percent of persons with disabilities, with a larger part living in rural areas. They have been and continue to be marginalized as a result of prejudice and as such they …
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Autonomy, decision-making, and restrictive practices in daily life: evaluations by people with intellectual disabilities, families, and carers
Background The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities emphasises the value of supporting independent decision-making for people with intellectual disabilities (PwID), which should be encouraged by service policies. However, support workers may need to limit freedom of …
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Community based mental health care: a necessity for realising the right to independent living and community inclusion of persons with mental disabilities in Uganda
Using a purely doctrinal legal analysis, the thesis advocates for the provision of community based mental health care as a key strategy in promoting the realisation of the right to independent living and community inclusion for persons with mental disabilities (PWMDs) in Uganda. Uganda ratified the …
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An Evaluation Framework for Automated Audio Description
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD, 2006) stipulates that all individuals have the right to access information and communicate through means of their choice. This underscores the fundamental right to be informed and access information. However, …
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Navigating Systemic Barriers: Experiences of Deaf Persons in the Criminal Justice System in Amhara National Regional State, Ethiopia
The Constitution of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia (the FDRE Constitution) gurantees everyone suspected or accused of crime the due process rights, including the right to be informed—in a language they understand—of the reasons for their arrest, the nature of the charges, the right to …
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Inclusion, community, and social relationships: A phenomenological study of the experiences of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities
<p>Individuals who are ascribed the label of disability must face the stigma and assumptions of inability that it carries, and those with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are subjected to speculation that calls into question their capacity for reason, reflection, and morality. The …
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A qualitative study into the advocacy and activism of carers of adolescents with Down Syndrome in Oshana, Namibia
… to cause intellectual disability. Adolescents with DS may need to live with their families beyond the transition period into adulthood because they require lifelong care due to the disabling consequences of the genetic condition. Evidence is lacking about the actions that carers in remote rural …
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Democratic Justice for Brazilians with Impairments
For decades, Brazilians with impairments have not been able to enjoy full citizenship rights because of the existing oppressive structures in their society. This study examines comprehensions of justice for citizens with impairments in Brazil and what the implications of those perspectives may be …
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