Disability law and policy : an analysis of the UN convention / edited by Charles O'Mahony and Gerard Quinn.

"This book evolved from an event entitled 'Global PhD and Researchers Colloquium on Disability Law & Policy' organised by the Centre for Disability Law and Policy in NUI Galway in April 2010"--Introduction. 89.05

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gender, Disability and Access to Justice : An Intersectional Exploration of Article 13 of the CRPD / Eilionoir Flynn -- Ideas for the Construction of a Human Rights Model for Children, with or Without Disabilities / Ignacio Campoy Cervera -- Raising awareness about awareness : insights from the feminist movement on interpreting Article 8 of the UN CRPD / Barbara Phillips, Nicole Emmenegger, Bruno Trezzini and Mary Keogh -- Disability, Gender and Development / Mary Keogh -- Are we Right or are we Right? : "Right Approach" in the Advocacy Work of Organisation of Persons with Disabilities / Jukka Kumpuvuori and Riku Virtanen -- Legal Capacity and Supported Decision Making : Respecting Rights and Empowering People / Anna Arstein-Kerslake -- Article 12 of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Convention on Human Rights / Mary Keys -- Legal Capacity : Alternatives to Functional Capacity / Tina Minkowitz -- Supported Decision Making Innovations : The Canadian Experience / Lana Kerzner -- CRPD and Legal Capacity Reform in Hungary : Compromise of What? / Janos Fiala-Butora -- Unfulfilled Dream about Moving from Civil Death to Visible Citizens : Legal Capacity Law Reform in Hungary / Sandor Gurbai -- Article 14 of the CRPD in light of Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights : The Challenge for Council of Europe Member States Regarding the Involuntary Detention of Persons with Mental Disabilities / Suzanne Doyle -- Mental Health Law : A Paradigm for its Dissolution / Tina Minkowitz -- "New" Rights for Mental Health Laws? The Right to the Enjoyment of the Highest Attainable Standard of Health and the Rights of Carers / Bernadette McSherry -- Advance Directives : Supporting Legal Capacity in Mental Health Care / Fiona Morrissey -- CRPD and Human Rights Based Approaches : A Magic Wand for Inclusion? / Liz Brosnan -- CRPD and the Fusion of Mental Health and Legal Capacity Legislation / Charles O'Mahony & Ciara Hackett -- Implications of the United Nations Convention in the Rights of Persons with Disabilities on Criminal Responsibility / Charles O'Mahony -- Independent Living : the Potential of the European Court of Human Rights / Noelin Fox -- Independent Living for Persons with Disabilities in Kenya : Charting the Way Forward / Elizabeth Kamundia -- Contradiction in Terms? The UK, socioeconomic rights and Article 19 CRPD / Tabitha Collingbourne -- Self Determining Options : Comparative Perspectives in Independent Living Law & Policy / Andrew Power -- UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities : Exploring the Synergy Between Article 12 & Article 19 (independent living) / Sinead O'Donnell & Charles O'Mahony -- Right to Education : Article 24 of the CRPD / Andrea Broderick & Shivaun Quinlivan -- Inclusive Education : Moving Beyond Ideology and Restrictive Theoretical Perspectives / Joyce Mortimer -- Reconciling Sameness and Difference in Disability Rights Ideology : The Case of Student Identity / Bronagh Byrne -- African Perspectives on Article 24 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Tsitsi Chataika -- European Court of Human Rights and the Right to Inclusive Education / Joyce Mortimer -- Reasonable Accommodation in the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and Non-Discrimination in Employment : Rising to the Challenges? / Anna Lawson -- CRPD and the General Occupational Requirement in Employment Law / Olivia Smith -- Genetic Discrimination in Employment : The Relevance of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Aisling de Paor -- Disability, EU law and the CRPD : A New Dawn? / Claire Bruton and Shivaun Quinlivan -- Disability Quota Systems in Public Service Employment : Positive Discrimination and Article 27 of the CRPD / Charlotte May-Simera & Elizabeth Kamundia -- Human Rights and Disability : Reinterpreting Disability within the OAS in Light of the CRPD / Francisco J. Bariffi -- Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the European Union / David Hosking -- Human Rights and Persons with Disabilities in Nigeria : Beyond Policy Formulation / Omolara Funmilola Akinpelu -- Of Rights and Wrongs : The National Disability Strategy in Portugal / Paula Campos Pinto -- Article 33 of the CRPD : Its Potential for Realising the Human Rights of Persons with Disabilities / Meredith Raley.