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

✍ Scribed by Emily Julia Kakoullis, Kelley Johnson

• Publisher: Springer Singapore;Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 400
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book explores the journey of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) as it is interpreted and translated from International Human Rights Law into domestic law and policy in different cultural contexts. Beginning with reflections on ‘culture’, ‘disability’ and ‘human rights’ from different disciplinary perspectives, the work is then organised as ‘snapshots’ of the journey of the CRPD from the international level to the domestic; the process of ratification, the process of implementation, and then the process of monitoring the CRPD’s implementation in States Parties cultural contexts. Leading global contributors provide cutting-edge accounts of the interactions between the CRPD and diverse cultures, revealing variations in the way that the concept of ‘culture’ is defined. This collection will appeal to academics and students in Law and Socio-Legal Studies, Disability Studies, Policy Studies and Social Work, Sociology, Anthropology; and those training to be service providers with persons with disabilities.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xix
Introduction (Emily Julia Kakoullis, Kelley Johnson)....Pages 1-16
Front Matter ....Pages 17-17
Legal Culture and the CRPD (Gerard Quinn)....Pages 19-44
Anthropology, Disability and the CRPD (James G. Rice)....Pages 45-62
Recognising Cultural Diversity: Implications for Persons with Disabilities (Kelley Johnson)....Pages 63-78
A Personal Reflection on Indigeneity, Colonisation and the CRPD (Huhana Hickey)....Pages 79-93
Front Matter ....Pages 95-95
The Failure of the United States to Ratify the CRPD (Arlene S. Kanter)....Pages 97-132
The Long Road to Ratification: Ireland and the CRPD (Eilionóir Flynn)....Pages 133-156
A Consultative Culture? The Ratification Process for the CRPD in Cyprus (Emily Julia Kakoullis)....Pages 157-177
A Janus-Faced Affair: Sri Lanka’s Ratification of the CRPD (Dinesha Samararatne)....Pages 179-199
Front Matter ....Pages 201-201
The ‘Transposition’ of Article 12 of the CRPD in China and Its Potential Impact on Chinese Legal Capacity Law and Culture (Huang Yi)....Pages 203-225
Implementation of Article 19 of the CRPD in Hungary and Its Impact on the Deinstitutionalisation Process So Far (Magdi Birtha)....Pages 227-256
Implementing Article 19 of the CRPD in Nordic Welfare States: The Culture of Welfare and the CRPD (Ciara Brennan, Rannveig Traustadóttir)....Pages 257-268
Article 30 of the CRPD as a Vehicle for Social Transformation: Harnessing the CRPD’s Potential for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities (Matthew S. Smith, Michael Ashley Stein)....Pages 269-294
Front Matter ....Pages 295-295
Was Ratification of the CRPD the High Watermark for United Kingdom Disability Rights? Ten Years of Monitoring Implementation of the CRPD (Neil Crowther, Liz Sayce OBE)....Pages 297-332
The Role of Disabled People’s Organisations in Promoting the CRPD in Indonesia (Dina Afrianty)....Pages 333-352
The Process of State Party Reporting to the CRPD Committee: The Indian Experience (Amita Dhanda)....Pages 353-375
Conclusion (Kelley Johnson, Emily Julia Kakoullis)....Pages 377-385
Back Matter ....Pages 387-394

✦ Subjects

Social Sciences; Disability Studies; Human Rights; Social Work and Community Development; Cultural Anthropology