1st Edition
The Disabled Child's Participation Rights
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
180 Pages
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
Preface
Introduction
1. Health
2. Education
3. Home life
4. Relationships
5. Conclusion: Realising disabled children’s participation rights
Index.
Biography
Anne-Marie Callus is Lecturer in the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta, Malta. She is also Executive Director of the National Commission for Persons with Disability in Malta. Ruth Farrugia is Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Laws at the University of Malta, Malta. She is a legal consultant to Malta's Commissioner for Children and was was commissioned by the Maltese governement to draft both the gender Equality Act and the Children's Act.
"This book examines these conventions extensively, and focuses on the rights of children to makes choices about their health, education, home life and relationships. The book also outlines how these rights are promoted and safeguarded."- Reviewed by Polly Lee, lecturer in health and social care, South Gloucestershire and Stroud College, Bristol, Nursing Children and Young People, October 2016
