Andreas Dimopoulos

Issues in Human Rights Protection of Intellectually Disabled Persons

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume examines a wide array of issues relating to human rights and intellectual disability, such as the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the case law of the ECtHR, and jurisprudential issues of liberal equality. It will of interest academics, human rights activists and legal practitioners in the field of disability rights.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. April 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 163mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 612g
• ISBN-13: 9780754677604
• ISBN-10: 0754677605
• Artikelnr.: 57057398

Autorenporträt

Andreas Dimopoulos studied Law in Athens, before obtaining a scholarship from the Greek Foundation for Scholarships which enabled him to study for an LL.M. at the University of Edinburgh and pursue a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. He is currently practicing law in Greece and is active in the field of disability rights.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I The Protection of Human Rights for Persons with
Disability in Theory: Intellectual Disability as a Distinct Issue; Chapter
1 Intellectual Disability as a Distinct Issue; Chapter 2 A Principled
Approach to Human Rights Issues Raised by Intellectual Disability; Part II
The Protection of Human Rights for Persons with Intellectual Disability in
Practice: The Marginalisation of Disability in International and National
Law; Chapter 3 The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with
Disabilities; Chapter 4 The European Convention on Human Rights and the
Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Respect of Applicants
with Intellectual Disability; Chapter 5 English Law in Relation to Welfare,
Intellectual Disability and Human Rights; Chapter 6 German Law Relating to
Intellectual Disability, Incapacity and Welfare; Part III The Way Forward;
Chapter 7 Applying the Human Dignity Reasoning to Sterilisation Procedures
under English Law, the MCA 2005 and the Case Law of the ECtHR; Chapter 8 A
New Protocol on Disability?;