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Choice, support and inclusion : implementing Article 19 of the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities in Kenya

KAMUNDIA, Elizabeth
August 2012

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This study seeks to examine what the right to live independently and to be included in the community, Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD), looks like from an African perspective, specifically in Kenya.  This resource is useful to anyone interested in the implementation of Article 19 if the CRPD in  Kenya

This dissertation was submitted as part-fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Laws (LLM) in International and Comparative Disability Law and Policy of the National University of Ireland, Galway

Disability rights : an American invention, a global challenge

QUINN, Gerard
2003

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This speech summarises the major aspects of the draft UN convention for the rights of disabled people. After exploring the developments of the convention, Quinn looks at the next steps needed. In his view it will not be sufficient to stop at this convention - the process of improving inclusion and equal rights for disabled people must be continued

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