Human Rights and Disability Advocacy

Book Overview

The United Nations adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) constituted a paradigm shift in attitudes and approaches to disability rights, marking the first time in law-making history that persons with disabilities participated as civil society representatives and contributed to the drafting of an international treaty. On the way, they brought a new kind of diplomacy forward: empowering nongovernmental stakeholders,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812245474
• ISBN13: 9780812245479
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.1"