Background The United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a milestone in the recognition of the human rights of persons with disabilities, including the right to health and rehabilitation. South Africa has signed and ratified the CRPD but still has a long way to go in reforming policies and systems in order to be in compliance with the convention. This p...

Background: The International Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is the most important International Document for recognizing the rights of persons with disabilities, including the right to health and rehabilitation.   Islamic Republic   Iran acceded to the Convention in 2008, but still has a long way to go to achieve its desired status and in line with the objectives ...

OBJECTIVE This paper intends to review the historical development and related issues involved in the employment of persons with disabilities under the Law on Employment Promotion of Persons with Disabilities in Japan in light of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). METHODS The actual situations of the special subsidiary company system, which was established by ...

Ableism is a powerful social force that causes persons with disabilities to suffer exclusion. The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is based on the human rights principles of equality and freedom for all people. This Convention contains two human rights instruments: the principle of accessibility and the means of reasonable accommodation, which can be used to prote...

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is a major milestone in safeguarding the rights of persons with disabilities. However, the General Comment on Article 12 of the CRPD threatens to undermine critical rights for persons with mental disabilities, including the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, access to justice, the right to liberty, and the ...

On 30 March 2007, South Africa became a signatory to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) and its Optional Protocol.2 This was ratified several months later on 30 November 2007. The CRPD was negotiated during eight sessions of an Ad Hoc Committee of the General Assembly from 2002 to 2006 and adopted on 13 December 2006. To date, there have been 140 sig...

The community of persons with disabilities currently disputes the regulation on amnesty. Amnesty is considered discriminatory and violates rights disabilities, especially those mental disabilities. amplification rule, which means that do not have legal capacity, inconsistent Convention Rights Persons With Disabilities (CRPD), substantively stipulates capacity government obliged to take measures...

Background: Since the adoption of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), human rights have become central for disability advocacy. The CRPD requires that disabled people and their representative organisations (DPOs) have a prominent role in the implementation and monitoring of the Convention. However, the representation of people with intellectual disabilities or a...

in recent years, two positive and effective developments have occurred in iran's legal system regarding the realization of the rights belonging to disabled people. in 1999, the comprehensive act for protection of rights of disabled persons was adopted; and in 2009, iran joined the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities. the present paper studies the obligations of the islami...

BACKGROUND The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) has been received considerable attention internationally. METHODS The Convention's main arguments are conceptually analyzed. Implications for the development of research designs are elaborated upon. RESULTS The Convention entails both a human rights and a sociopolitical dimension. Advancing a relational notion of di...