Issues in human rights protection of intellectually disabled persons /
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Author / Creator: | Dimopoulos, Andreas. |
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Imprint: | Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2010. |
Description: | vii, 250 p. ; 25 cm. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Medical law and ethics Medical law and ethics. |
Subject: | Mental health laws -- Europe. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights -- Europe. Mental health laws. People with mental disabilities -- Civil rights. Europe. |
Format: | Print Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8062342 |
Table of Contents:
- Intellectual disability as a distinct issue
- A principled approach to human rights issues raised by intellectual disability
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
- The European Convention on Human Rights and the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in respect of applicants with intellectual disability
- Human dignity in the ECHR
- English law in relation to welfare, intellectual disability, and human rights
- German law relating to intellectual disability, incapacity, and welfare
- Social and legal policies relating to disability
- Applying the human dignity reasoning to sterilisation procedures under English law, the MCA 2005, and the case law of the ECtHR
- A new protocol on disability?