Recognising Human Rights in Different Cultural Contexts : The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD)

1. Introduction -- Section I – Culture, Disability and the CRPD -- 2. Legal Culture and the CRPD -- 3. Anthropology, Disability and the CRPD -- 4. Recognising Cultural Diversity: Implications for Persons with Disabilities -- 5. A Personal Reflection on Indigeneity, Colonisation and the CRPD -- Secti...
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1. Introduction -- Section I – Culture, Disability and the CRPD -- 2. Legal Culture and the CRPD -- 3. Anthropology, Disability and the CRPD -- 4. Recognising Cultural Diversity: Implications for Persons with Disabilities -- 5. A Personal Reflection on Indigeneity, Colonisation and the CRPD -- Section II – The Ratification Process: To Be Or Not To Be? -- 6. The Failure of the United States to Ratify the CRPD -- 7. The Long Road to Ratification: Ireland and the CRPD -- 8. A Consultative Culture? The Ratification Process for the CRPD in Cyprus -- 9. A Janus-Faced Affair: Sri Lanka’s Ratification of the CRPD -- Section III – Making Disability Human Rights Happen? Cultural Challenges to Implementing the CRPD -- 10. The ‘Transposition’ of Article 12 of the CRPD in China and its Potential Impact on Chinese Legal Capacity Law and Culture -- 11. Implementation of Article 19 of the CRPD in Hungary and its Impact on the Deinstitutionalisation Process So Far -- 12. Implementing Article 19 of the CRPD in Nordic Welfare States: The Culture of Welfare and the CRPD -- 13. Article 30 of the CRPD as a Vehicle for Social Transformation: Harnessing the CRPD’s Potential for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities -- Section IV – Monitoring the CRPD: Resolving Conflicting Interests? -- 14. Was Ratification of the CRPD the High Watermark for United Kingdom Disability Rights? Ten Years of Monitoring Implementation of the CRPD -- 15. The Role of Disabled People’s Organisations in Promoting the CRPD in Indonesia -- 16. The Process of State Party Reporting to the CRPD Committee: The Indian Experience -- 17. Conclusion. Ausführliche Beschreibung