Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction and Methodology
- 1 Comparative International Trends in Disability Law and Policy
- 2 Regional Perspectives on Disability Strategies and Action Plans
- 3 Comparative Country Evaluation
- 4 Critical Success Factors in Delivering a National Disability Strategy ??? Lessons from International and Comparative Experience
- 5 Identifying the Golden Threads in Irish Disability Law and Policy
- 6 Achieving Ireland???s National Disability Strategy ??? A Case Study in Implementation and Monitoring at the Domestic Level
- 7 Showcasing Domestic Progress and Achieving International Standards
- 8 Structural Ingredients for Furthering National Disability Strategies
- 9 Measuring Progress in Achieving Aims of National Disability Strategies ??? Key Success Factors
- Conclusion and Recommendations for Reform
- Index
Foreword
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction and Methodology
- 1 Comparative International Trends in Disability Law and Policy
- 2 Regional Perspectives on Disability Strategies and Action Plans
- 3 Comparative Country Evaluation
- 4 Critical Success Factors in Delivering a National Disability Strategy ??? Lessons from International and Comparative Experience
- 5 Identifying the Golden Threads in Irish Disability Law and Policy
- 6 Achieving Ireland???s National Disability Strategy ??? A Case Study in Implementation and Monitoring at the Domestic Level
- 7 Showcasing Domestic Progress and Achieving International Standards
- 8 Structural Ingredients for Furthering National Disability Strategies
- 9 Measuring Progress in Achieving Aims of National Disability Strategies ??? Key Success Factors
- Conclusion and Recommendations for Reform
- Index
Summary
On 3 May 2008, the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) came into force. This is the first United Nations Convention to take effect in the twenty-first century, and it marks a milestone for persons with disabilities throughout the world. It exhorts all nations and persons to “promote, protect, and ensure the full and equal enjoyment of all human rights and fundamental freedoms by all persons with disabilities, and to promote respect for their inherent dignity” (Article 1, CRPD).
While this is an enormous step forward, the question is how nations should live up to their CRPD obligations. In other words, what proactive steps should be taken to ensure that nations go beyond formal equality measures to guarantee that persons with disabilities are able to fully exercise their CRPD rights and be treated with “inherent dignity?” In my judgement, one of the best steps that countries can take is to develop and implement a national disability strategy.
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- From Rhetoric to ActionImplementing the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, pp. xvii - xviiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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