The Un Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: European and Scandinavian Perspectives - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004169717 ISBN 13 : 9789004169715

Editeur : Martinus Nijhoff, 2009

Synopsis

This collection of essays examines the International Convention on the Rights of Persons with disabilities from the global, European and Scandinavian perspectives and the challenge of transposing its provisions into national law. It marks the coming of age of disabilty as a core human rights concern.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Oddný Mjöll Arnardóttir, Ph.D. (2002), University of Edinburgh, is a professor of Law at Reykjavík University. She has published numerous essays on non-discrimination and the European Convention on Human Rights. She is a member of the board of directors of the Icelandic Human Rights Centre. She is the author of Equality and Non-discrimination under the European Convention on Human Rights (Martinus Nijhoff, 2003).

Gerard Quinn, S.J.D. (1989), Harvard Law School, is a professor of law at the National University of Ireland (Galway). He has published widely on international and comparative disability law and was an active participant during the drafting of the UN disability convention. He is the 'focal point' for global National Human Rights Institutions on disability. He was co-author of a Study on disability and human rights for the OHCHR (Geneva) in 2002.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Martinus Nijhoff
• Date d'édition: 2009
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004169717
• ISBN 13: 9789004169715
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 344
• Éditeur: Arnardóttir Oddný Mjöll, Quinn Gerard
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• Personne responsable: non disponible