Disability Rights in the Middle East

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (830) ◽  
pp. 346-352
Author(s):  
Christine Sargent
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Institutional Capacity ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Humanitarian Crises ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Institutional Capacity Building ◽  
Health And Well Being

Across the Middle East, two key dynamics characterize disability rights movements: dynamism and fragility. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities accelerated regional recognition of disability as central to human development and social justice initiatives. New communication platforms, legislative interventions, and institutional capacity-building reflect currents of change and innovation—frequently driven by ground-up initiatives led by or in collaboration with disabled persons’ organizations. At the same time, the COVID-19 pandemic and protracted humanitarian crises pose threats to health and well-being across the region, with grave implications for disabled persons and their movements.

scholarly journals Vocational guidance and assistance system for the employment of persons with disabilities and persons with disabilities within the framework of the international movement “Abilimpix”

2021 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-9
Author(s):  
Tatyana N. Ananyeva ◽  
Galina I. Ilyukhina ◽  
Yulia V. Sazonova
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The State ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Institutional Conditions ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Health And Well Being

Human health and well-being largely depend on a sufficient standard of living, educational opportunities and participation in social and social life, and successful professional activities. It should be recognized that in the surrounding society it is in these areas of life that people with disabilities and disabilities are especially disadvantaged, but not neglected by society and the state. Currently, in the Russian Federation, the State programme Accessible Environment is being implemented to support and assist persons with disabilities and disabilities, with the aim of creating legal, economic and institutional conditions conducive to the integration of persons with disabilities into society and improving their quality of life. The programme contains three subprogrammes that are effectively implemented in modern society, namely: (1) Ensuring the accessibility of priority facilities and services in priority areas of life of persons with disabilities and other mobile populations; (2) Improvement of the system of comprehensive rehabilitation and habilitation of persons with disabilities; (3) Improvement of the state system of medical and social expertise. The organizers of the Abilimpix social movement were able to demonstrate to people with disabilities their individual capabilities and prospects for accessibility to all types, forms and means of obtaining knowledge and professional skills, their effective application in practice.

Recent Trends and Issues in Vocational Rehabilitation of People with ID

2016 ◽  
pp. 283-309
Author(s):  
Bijoy Kumar Dehuri ◽  
Bhavna Mukund
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Integrated Employment ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
United Nations Convention

Employment has many advantages for people. Besides earning an income, work provides opportunities for social interaction, a means of structuring and occupying time, enjoyable activity and involvement, and a sense of personal achievement. Work is considered therapeutic and essential for both the physiological survival and psychological well-being of people in contemporary societies and hence it's importance in people with intellectual disability. The rights of people with disabilities have been given new attention with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in May 2008. The various policies, issues and trends in vocational rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities in existence in different countries need to be examined along with different models in existence to develop appropriate executable models whereby such rehabilitation services could be made available early in life to such individuals and after training they could be provided with supported employment or integrated employment as the case may be.

scholarly journals Disability Rights in Botswana: Perspectives of Individuals With Disabilities

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-56
Author(s):  
Sourav Mukhopadhyay ◽  
Emmanuel Moswela
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Information Barriers ◽  
Transport Barriers ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Government ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Access Services

Even though the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities (UN-CRPD) 2006 has been in existence for the last 10 years, the Government of Botswana has not ratified the convention. As a result, individuals with disabilities (IWDs) fail to access services and are at the mercy of the service providers. This qualitative study involved in-depth interviews with 30 IWDs about their experiences related to disability rights. Analysis of the data indicated that IWDs face several challenges in exercising their basic rights; these challenges being (a) stigmatization, (b) infrastructural barriers, (c) transport barriers, and (d) information barriers. Findings suggested that awareness of disability rights among IWDs, caregivers, and the general public was generally low. As a result, many IWDs were not aware of their rights and therefore could not exercise their rights fully.

scholarly journals Persons with Intellectual Disability and Access to Justice in Nigeria: Challenges and the Way Forward

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Augustine Edobor Arimoro
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
United Nations Convention

Conservatively, there are approximately about two million persons in Nigeria who may be referred to as persons with intellectual disabilities. These persons suffer from several challenges ranging from economic to non-inclusion in the society. In the paper, the discussion focuses on persons with intellectual disabilities and the effective access to justice as a fundamental right. The paper finds that even though Nigeria has adopted and ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, the Federal Government of Nigeria has not been proactive in supporting the persons with disabilities in the country to enjoy these rights. Furthermore, despite the provision in the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to ensure freedom from discrimination, there is no direct effect on procedure to ensure that the rights of the disabled persons are protected. The paper proposes for a framework for the protection of the person with intellectual disability which includes legal protection, legal awareness, legal aid, adjudication and for civil society oversight of the access of persons with intellectual disabilities to justice.

Retrofitting accessibility: The legal inequality of after-the-fact online access for persons with disabilities in the United States

First Monday ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brian Wentz ◽  
Paul T Jaeger ◽  
Jonathan Lazar
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The United States ◽  
Online Environment ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Individuals With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Global Population

Despite the significant advantages that access to information and communication technology has made to many of our lives, the related benefits, opportunities and even equalizing effect of this technology are often not accessible or only partially accessible to a growing portion of the global population. Current disability rights laws which are supposed to exist for the protection and well–being of individuals with disabilities are often too close to the heart of the problem, as they can actually promote a separate but unequal online environment. If current U.S. laws were revised to encourage born–accessible technology and there was consistent enforcement of such laws, the online experience of millions of individuals with disabilities could be drastically improved. This article examines the aspects of the current laws that perpetuate a separate but unequal online environment, discussing past and current examples of such inequity. It also contrasts the structure of current U.S. disability rights laws with other civil rights legislation and offers a set of policy recommendations that could have a positive impact on accessibility.

Art.30 Participation in Cultural Life, Recreation, Leisure, and Sport

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bantekas Ilias ◽  
Chow Pok Yin Stephenson ◽  
Karapapa Stavroula ◽  
Polymenopoulou Eleni
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Intellectual Property ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

This chapter examines Article 30 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). The article covers many, sometimes disparate, issues, although the underlying entitlements are accessibility and availability. One of the cornerstones of Article 30 is access to culture, one of the least studied human rights and its content remains contested. Culture is subject to several limitations, such as censorship, freedom of expression constraints, sensitivities towards religions, and hate speech. Do these limitations apply to the right of access to culture of disabled persons in the same way as they do to their non-disabled counterparts? Paragraph 3 is perhaps the most contentious of all. It suggests that existing intellectual property laws should be construed in such a way as to avoid imposing any unreasonable or discriminatory barriers against persons with disabilities to the enjoyment of their right of access to cultural materials.

scholarly journals Influence of Assistive Technology in Attaining Sustainable Development Goal 3: An Indian Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1S3) ◽  
pp. 546-550
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Assistive Technology ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Disabled Persons ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
The Disabled ◽  
The Status ◽  
Development Goals

World now tries to move on sustainable development. This means development of the current generation without affecting future generations’ rights on environment, employability, healthy life. Towards this end United Nations drafted 17 Sustainable development goals to be achieved in the year 2030. Sustainable Development Goal 3, states that countries should “Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all persons with disabilities”. Disabled persons will be in the marginal position in the society because of the disability. Disabled can be helped by assistive technology. Assistive technology will help in many ways, such as (i) assisting to live, or (ii) to have improvement in their disability, (iii) to assess the level of disability, (iv) to train disabled to overcome disability. This paper analyses the status of disabled in the India, various types of disabled persons with statistics, their condition in the society and the challenges in utilizing these devices for the upliftment of the disabled

scholarly journals Disability Rights and Compulsory Psychiatric Treatment: The Case for a Balanced Approach under the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-244
Author(s):  
Toni Wharehoka
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Balanced Approach ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
United Nations Convention

This article argues the New Zealand Government's current approach to compulsory psychiatric treatment is unjustifiable in a human rights context. Under s 59 of the Mental Health (Compulsory Assessment and Treatment) Act 1992, clinicians are empowered to administer compulsory psychiatric treatment to individuals without, or contrary to, their consent. This article analyses s 59, and its underlying justifications, in light of the New Zealand Government's commitments under the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD). Further, it analyses the approach for compulsory psychiatric treatment advocated by the UNCRPD in light of Aotearoa New Zealand's mental health context to evaluate whether this approach would be more desirable than the current approach under s 59. The article then advocates for a more balanced approach to compulsory psychatric treatment which puts the rights of disabled individuals at the forefront and also ensures there are limits to these rights which are justifiable within a human rights context.

Recent Trends and Issues in Vocational Rehabilitation of People with ID

2021 ◽  
pp. 1202-1228
Author(s):  
Bijoy Kumar Dehuri ◽  
Bhavna Mukund
Keyword(s):  
Intellectual Disability ◽  
Vocational Rehabilitation ◽  
Supported Employment ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Rehabilitation Services ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Integrated Employment ◽  
Recent Trends ◽  
People With Intellectual Disabilities ◽  
United Nations Convention

Employment has many advantages for people. Besides earning an income, work provides opportunities for social interaction, a means of structuring and occupying time, enjoyable activity and involvement, and a sense of personal achievement. Work is considered therapeutic and essential for both the physiological survival and psychological well-being of people in contemporary societies and hence it's importance in people with intellectual disability. The rights of people with disabilities have been given new attention with the entry into force of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in May 2008. The various policies, issues and trends in vocational rehabilitation of people with intellectual disabilities in existence in different countries need to be examined along with different models in existence to develop appropriate executable models whereby such rehabilitation services could be made available early in life to such individuals and after training they could be provided with supported employment or integrated employment as the case may be.

Art.40 Conference of States Parties

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bantekas Ilias
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Security Council ◽  
Legal Person ◽  
Disability Rights ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Member States ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Un Security Council ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
United Nations Convention

This chapter examines Article 40 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), which deals with the Conference of States Parties (COSP). The COSP is part of an established tradition whose principal aim is to keep the Convention alive by stimulating actions, collaborations, enforcement, capacity building, and others. The enforcement powers of the COSP are severely limited, if any, and should not therefore be compared to those enjoyed by entities with enforcement powers, such as the UN Security Council or the Council of the European Union. Although the powers and functions of the COSP could be achieved outside the legal person of the COSP on the basis of joint action by CRPD member states, the formal collectivization of member states ensures annual discussions on important and emerging issues affecting disability rights and contributes towards a consistency among a group of equal partners undertaking the same obligations.

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