The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is the only UN treaty to date in which the people who are its target, that is disabled people, were actively involved in its drafting and the only one which requires the active participation of disabled people in its implementation. This does not, of course, automatically guarantee the direct participation of all disabled people. This is especially so for children with disabilities, whose status as legal minors may inhibit them from participating in decisions affecting their lives. This book focuses on the participation rights of the disabled child with regard to health, education, homelife and relationships, highlighting ways in which these rights are safeguarded and promoted throughout the EU, as well as exploring the factors that put these rights at risk. Finally, this groundbreaking text analyses whether disabled children’s needs for assistance in order to realise their participation rights results in fewer opportunities to participate or in an increase in support in order for them to be able to do so.
| ISBN: | 9780367132798 |
| Publication date: | 10th June 2019 |
| Author: | AnneMarie Callus, Ruth Farrugia |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 172 pages |
| Series: | Interdisciplinary Disability Studies |
| Genres: |
Children’s / Teenage personal and social topics: Disability, impairments and special needs Human rights, civil rights Disability: social aspects Public international law: human rights Sociology Social law and Medical law |