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• The Domestic Incorporation of Human Rights Law and the United Nations Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

This Article reviews the processes by which domestic-level transposition of international human rights norms may occur as a consequence of human rights treaty ratification, or other means of incorporation. Specifically, we consider the transformative vision of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD or Convention) as a vehicle for fostering national-level disability law and policy changes. In doing so, we outline the challenges and opportunities presented by this new phase in disability rights advocacy, and we draw conclusions that bear generally upon human rights practice and scholarship. We contend that the role of human rights in domestic law and process reflect important dimensions of international law and practice. At the same time, human rights advocates an...

• Washington Law Review
• Vol. 83 Nbr. 4, November 2008

• The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: beginning to examine the implications for Canadian lawyers' professional responsibilities.

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities^ (hereafter the CRPD or the Convention) should herald a new epoch in the way ...

• Health Law Review
• Vol. 20 Nbr. 2, March 2012

• The National Council On Disability Urges Expeditious Senate Approval of the Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Seven Senators pledge their support for U.S. ratification of the CRPD WASHINGTON, May 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, seven United States Senators issued a statement of bipartisan support for United States ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

• U.S. Newswire
• May 26, 2012

• United Spinal Calls for Ratification of the Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Treaty: Defending Ada Values Globally

NEW YORK, July 11, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- United Spinal Association today called for Senate ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) treaty that ensures the commitment of the U.S. in supporting disability rights and ending disability discrimination around the world. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20110413/MM82757LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• July 11, 2012

• Making Good On the Promise of International Law: The Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Inclusive Education in China and India

I. INTRODUCTION Disability is a human rights issue!... Those of us who happen to have a disability are fed up being treated by the society and our fel...

• Pacific Rim Law & Policy Journal
• Vol. 17 Nbr. 2, March 2008

• National Federation of the Blind Urges Senate to Ratify Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

BALTIMORE, Nov. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Federation of the Blind, the nation's oldest and largest organization of blind people, today urged the United States Senate to ratify the United Nations' Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Senate voted today to consider ratification of the treaty, which was signed by President Barack Obama in 2009. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120815/MM57966LOGO)

• U.S. Newswire
• November 27, 2012

• Jacobus Tenbroek, Participatory Justice, and the Un Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

INTRODUCTION Writing with prescience, Professor Jacobus tenBroek eloquently argued mid-century on behalf of participatory justice for individuals with...

• Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
• Vol. 13 Nbr. 2, April 2008

• The United Nations Convention On the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: Toward a New International Politics of Disability

The ratification process itself could take up to a year. Because the Convention is, in essence, a non-discrimination instrument, it is quite closely aligned with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 and is indeed consonant with broader currents in United States disability law.

• Texas Journal on Civil Liberties & Civil Rights
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 1, October 2009

• Living, Acting, and Experiencing Otherwise than We Do: Rethinking China?s Laws on the Protection of Persons with Disabilities*

The modern slavery of persons with disabilities in china - II. Background: china’s disabled community - A. Several Steps Forward: Chinese Government Actions - 1. China’s Disabled Persons’ Federation - 2. The Law of the People’s Republic of China Concerning the Rights of Disabled Persons - 3. Ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - B. Still Left Behind - III. The medical model of disability - A. The Medical Model in Action: China - 1. Welfare Institutions in China - 2. Treatment and Prevention - B. The Medical Model of Disability Reflected in the Chinese Language - IV. The social model of disability - A. The Need for a Social Model - B. The Social Model of Disability in Action: The United States Martha’s Vineyard - V. Rethinking china...

• Transnational Law & Contemporary Problems
• Nbr. 20-1, May 2011

• Obama's Weakness On Treaties

Rejection of an accord on disabilities wasn't just Republicans' fault. On Dec. 4, the U.S. Senate rejected the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities by a vote of 61 to 38, five short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval. Conservative Republicans had mischaracterized the treaty, which was intended to promote the rights of the disabled in other countries, as infringing on American sovereignty. But the treaty was also mishandled by the Obama administration, which has secured Senate approval of the fewest treaties in any four-year presidential term since World War II.

• International Herald Tribune
• December 19, 2012