Publication Date
March 2017
162 p, ill
(Updated Dec 2018)
This Manual is designed to provide practical guidance for national human rights institutions (NHRIs) that are actively working to advance the human rights of persons with disabilities, as well as those NHRIs that are seeking to strengthen their efforts in this area. This Manual provides practical guidance and recommendations about how the role and functions of NHRIs can be directed to provide better protection for persons with disabilities, to promote greater awareness and respect for their rights, and to monitor the progress made and obstacles encountered in advancing their rights.
There are three parts to the manual.
- Part I: The concepts - the human rights framing of disability
- Part II: The law - international human rights law and disability (CRPD and others)
- Part III: The practice - what NHRIs can do to contribute to the process of change
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Keywords
Cross-cutting; accessibility; advocacy; awareness raising; policy; Disability and social diversity; persons with disabilities; Human rights; legal capacity and recognition; rights; Inclusion; exclusion and discrimination; inclusion and mainstreaming; Politics government and economics; civil society; international cooperation; Programme/ Project; monitoring; Research; data collection