Of rights and obligations: the birth of accessibility

A Broderick - The International Journal of Human Rights, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Accessibility refers to the inclusive practice of removing barriers to ensure equal access for
persons with disabilities to, among others, built environments, goods and services, as well …

[DOC][DOC] Accessibility and Human Rights Fusion in the CRPD: Assessing the Scope and Content of the Accessibility Principle and Duty under the CRPD

JE Lord - United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons …, 2010 - bayefsky.com
I would like to thank the Chairman of the Committee and distinguished members of the
Committee for this opportunity to share some reflections on accessibility as it appears in the …

Article 9 [accessibility]

F Seatzu - The United Nations Convention on the Rights of …, 2017 - Springer
Our starting point here is that persons with disabilities are usually confronted with multiple
discrimination and inequalities in accessing their most fundamental rights as set down in the …

[HTML][HTML] Revisiting the Conceptual Terrains of the Right to Accessibility in India: The Role of Judicial Enforcement

S Jain, M Jain - Laws, 2024 - mdpi.com
The main objective of this paper is to critically reflect on the right to accessibility of persons
with disabilities in India, with special focus on the context of public streets and environments …

Accessibility as a statutory right

IM Lid - Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 2010 - idunn.no
Disability is a universal human condition. Both the Norwegian Anti-Discrimination and
Accessibility Act and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities focus on …

Reasonable accommodation as a gateway to the equal enjoyment of human rights: From New York to Strasbourg

D Ferri - Social Inclusion, 2018 - ssoar.info
The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) explicitly embeds the
concept of reasonable accommodation within the principle of non-discrimination. Article 2 of …

Categories of rights

T Van Boven - International human rights law, 2010 - books.google.com
This chapter seeks to identify different categories of human rights, but in doing so recognizes
the indivisibility, interdependence, and interrelatedness of all human rights. A first …

What about a disability rights act for Canada? Practices and lessons from America, Australia, and the United Kingdom

MJ Prince - Canadian Public Policy, 2010 - utpjournals.press
The Harper government and most national political parties are committed to a federal act for
dealing with accessibility rights for persons with disabilities. The purpose of this article is to …

How should human rights be conceived

TW Pogge - JRE, 1995 - HeinOnline
Our current notion of human rights has evolved out of earlier notions of natural law and
natural rights. We can begin to understand and analyze it by examining the continuities and …

The indivisibility of Human Rights and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities

G De Beco - International & Comparative Law Quarterly, 2019 - cambridge.org
This article argues that a new understanding of the indivisibility of human rights has
emerged through the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The …