From Rhetoric to Action - Implementing Un Convention on Rights of Persons With Disabilities

Informationen zum Autor Dr Eilionóir Flynn is a postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Disability Law and Policy, National University of Ireland Galway. Her research interests in the field of disability law include assisted and supported decision making, rights-enforcement mechanisms, and access to justice. At NUI Galway, she has taught across a range of disciplines at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including courses on comparative disability law; social and public policy; judicial activism; and advocacy, activism, and the public interest. Klappentext This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. Zusammenfassung This book contains a global comparative study of implementation and monitoring mechanisms for national disability strategies. It comprises a comparative study that was conducted at international! regional and comparative country levels and that highlights critical success factors in implementing disability strategies or action plans worldwide. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Comparative international trends in disability law and policy; 2. Regional perspectives on disability strategies and action plans; 3. Comparative country evaluation: a snapshot of approaches to national disability strategies; 4. Success factors in delivering a national disability strategy - lessons from international and comparative experience; 5. Identifying the golden threads in Irish disability law and policy; 6. Achieving Ireland's national disability strategy - a case study in implementation and monitoring at domestic level; 7. Showcasing domestic progress and achieving international standards; 8. Structural ingredients for furthering national disability strategies; 9. Measuring progress in achieving aims of national disability strategies - key success factors.

Product details

• Authors: Eilion Ir Flynn, Eilion¿ir Flynn, Eilionoir Flynn, Eilionóir Flynn
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.02.2013
• EAN: 9781107672116
• ISBN: 978-1-107-67211-6
• No. of pages: 490
• Series: Cambridge Disability Law and P; Cambridge Disability Law and Policy Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Law, Human Rights, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, LAW / Disability, LAW / International, LAW / Public, LAW / Civil Rights, Disability: social aspects, Human rights, civil rights, Law: Human rights and civil liberties, Public international law: human rights, Law & society, Disability and the law