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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …